Best PlacesChamp, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Champ, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Champ ranks 27,721st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Champ
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Champ's strengths and weaknesses
Where Champ ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Champ ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,131 a month, better than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Champ
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Champ home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $92,955, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Champ's effective rate of 0.99%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Champ
Champ runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Champ.
Who works in Champ, and how
Work in Champ centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Champ
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Champ.
What the weather is like in Champ, month by month
Champ sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Champ
St Louis Lambert International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Champ
Schools across Champ average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Traditional Sch.A · 62% proficient
- Rose Acres Elem.A− · 58% proficient
- Parkwood Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pattonville Heights MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Pattonville Sr. HighB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Champ school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Champ measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Champ against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Champ
Is Champ a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Champ ranks 27,721st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, a stable housing market, and fast internet, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Champ expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $242,600. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $92,955 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Champ safe?
Champ is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,238 per resident a year.
Compare Champ with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Champ. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Champ represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Champ detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Champ: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Champ: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Champ: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Champ: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Champ detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.