Best PlacesCrystal Lake Park, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crystal Lake Park, 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.
Crystal Lake Park ranks 663rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crystal Lake Park
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.
Crystal Lake Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crystal Lake Park ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$233,803 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Crystal Lake Park ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,131 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Crystal Lake Park
A household needs to earn about $237,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crystal Lake Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $233,803; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Crystal Lake Park's effective rate of 0.96%, 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 Crystal Lake Park
Crystal Lake Park runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Crystal Lake Park.
Who works in Crystal Lake Park, and how
Work in Crystal Lake Park centers on professional & technical and wholesale trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Crystal Lake Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Crystal Lake Park.
What the weather is like in Crystal Lake Park, month by month
Crystal Lake Park 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 Crystal Lake Park
St Louis Lambert International sits about 9 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 Crystal Lake Park
Schools across Crystal Lake Park average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conway ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Westchester Elem.A− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ladue Fifth Grade CenterA · 64% proficient
- North Kirkwood MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Kirkwood Sr. HighA · 71% proficient
- Ladue Horton Watkins HighA · 68% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crystal Lake Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crystal Lake Park 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 Crystal Lake Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Crystal Lake Park
Is Crystal Lake Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crystal Lake Park ranks 663rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crystal Lake Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $885,600. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $233,803 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Crystal Lake Park safe?
Crystal Lake Park is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $363 per resident a year.
Compare Crystal Lake Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crystal Lake Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crystal Lake Park 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.
Crystal Lake Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crystal Lake Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crystal Lake Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crystal Lake Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crystal Lake Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crystal Lake Park 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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