Best PlacesCole Camp, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cole Camp, 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.
Cole Camp ranks 30,678th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cole Camp
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.
Cole Camp's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cole Camp ranks high
- Cheap childcare$390 a month, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 74% of towns
- Short commute23.1 minutes each way, better than 74% of towns
Where Cole Camp ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Household income$57,722 median, better than only 23% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cole Camp
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cole Camp home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,722, 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 Cole Camp's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Cole Camp
Cole Camp runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cole Camp.
Who works in Cole Camp, and how
Work in Cole Camp centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cole Camp
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cole Camp.
What the weather is like in Cole Camp, month by month
Cole Camp sees roughly 89 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Cole Camp
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cole Camp
Schools across Cole Camp average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lincoln Elem.B · 48% proficient
- Cole Camp Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Cole Camp HighB− · 43% proficient
- Lincoln HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cole Camp school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cole Camp 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 Cole Camp against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cole Camp
Is Cole Camp a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cole Camp ranks 30,678th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cole Camp expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,632. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $57,722 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Cole Camp safe?
Cole Camp is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $454 per resident a year.
Compare Cole Camp with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cole Camp. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cole Camp 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.
Cole Camp detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cole Camp: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cole Camp: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cole Camp: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cole Camp: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cole Camp 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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