Best PlacesClear Springs, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clear Springs, 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.
Clear Springs ranks 44,488th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Clear Springs
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.
Clear Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Clear Springs ranks high
- Cheap childcare$350 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of towns
Where Clear Springs ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clear Springs
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clear Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,958, 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 Clear Springs' effective rate of 0.48%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clear Springs
Clear Springs 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 Clear Springs.
Who works in Clear Springs, and how
Work in Clear Springs centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Clear Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Clear Springs.
What the weather is like in Clear Springs, month by month
Clear Springs sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Clear Springs
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Clear Springs
Schools across Clear Springs average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mountain View Elem.B− · 40% proficient
- Willow Springs Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
- Summersville Elem.C · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Willow Springs MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Liberty MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Cabool MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Willow Springs HighB− · 43% proficient
- Liberty Sr. HighB− · 43% proficient
- Summersville HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clear Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clear Springs 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 Clear Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clear Springs
Is Clear Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clear Springs ranks 44,488th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, clean air, and an educated workforce, and lowest on health outcomes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clear Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $176,031. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $54,958 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Clear Springs safe?
Clear Springs is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $642 per resident a year.
Compare Clear Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clear Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clear Springs 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.
Clear Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clear Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clear Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clear Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clear Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clear Springs 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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