Best PlacesCharlack, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Charlack, 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.
Charlack ranks 44,518th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Charlack
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.
Charlack's strengths and weaknesses
Where Charlack ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
Where Charlack ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Charlack
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Charlack home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,836, 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 Charlack's effective rate of 1.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Charlack
Charlack runs younger 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 Charlack.
Who works in Charlack, and how
Work in Charlack centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Charlack
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Charlack.
What the weather is like in Charlack, month by month
Charlack sees roughly 60 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 Charlack
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 Charlack
Schools across Charlack average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wyland Elem.D · 19% proficient
- Bel-norF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ritenour MiddleD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Ritenour Sr. HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Charlack school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Charlack 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 Charlack against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Charlack
Is Charlack a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Charlack ranks 44,518th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Charlack expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $115,113. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $51,836 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Charlack safe?
Charlack is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,021 per resident a year.
Compare Charlack with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Charlack. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Charlack 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.
Charlack detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Charlack: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Charlack: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Charlack: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Charlack: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Charlack 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
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