Best PlacesCrestwood, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crestwood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Crestwood ranks 6,373rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Crestwood
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.
Crestwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crestwood ranks high
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Crestwood ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,131 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crestwood
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crestwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $109,491, 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 Crestwood's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crestwood
Crestwood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crestwood.
Who works in Crestwood, and how
Work in Crestwood centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Crestwood
Crestwood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Crestwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crestwood, month by month
Crestwood sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Crestwood
St Louis Lambert International sits about 13 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 Crestwood
Schools across Crestwood average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Westchester Elem.A− · 61% proficient
- Long Elem.A− · 57% proficient
- George R. Robinson Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Kirkwood MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Hixson MiddleA− · 57% proficient
- Nipher MiddleA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Kirkwood Sr. HighA · 71% proficient
- Webster Groves HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Lindbergh Sr. HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crestwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crestwood 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 Crestwood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crestwood
Is Crestwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crestwood ranks 6,373rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crestwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $317,958. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $109,491 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Crestwood safe?
Crestwood is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $576 per resident a year.
Compare Crestwood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crestwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crestwood 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.
Crestwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crestwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crestwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crestwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crestwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crestwood 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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