Best PlacesDelmo, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delmo, 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.
Delmo ranks 44,375th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Delmo
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.
Delmo's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delmo ranks high
- Cheap childcare$356 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 71% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Delmo ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delmo
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delmo home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,389, 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 Delmo's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Delmo
Delmo's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Delmo.
Who works in Delmo, and how
Work in Delmo centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Delmo
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Delmo.
What the weather is like in Delmo, month by month
Delmo sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 37° | 30° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 49° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Delmo
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 124 miles away.
The best schools in and around Delmo
Schools across Delmo average a C, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Matthews ElementaryA+ · 73% proficient
- Richland Elem.A+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Richland HighB− · 45% proficient
- East Prairie HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delmo school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delmo 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 Delmo against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delmo
Is Delmo a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delmo ranks 44,375th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on tree cover and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Delmo expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $99,900. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $71,389 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Delmo safe?
Delmo is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $899 per resident a year.
Compare Delmo with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delmo. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delmo 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.
Delmo detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delmo: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delmo: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delmo: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delmo: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delmo 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.