Best PlacesDissen, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dissen, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dissen ranks 21,799th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dissen
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.
Dissen's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dissen ranks high
- Cheap childcare$496 a month, better than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- School gradeB+, better than 74% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 71% of towns
Where Dissen ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dissen
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dissen home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,167, 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 Dissen's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Dissen
Dissen runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dissen.
Who works in Dissen, and how
Work in Dissen centers on other services and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Dissen
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dissen.
What the weather is like in Dissen, month by month
Dissen sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Dissen
St Louis Lambert International sits about 51 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 Dissen
Schools across Dissen average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin Co. Elem.A− · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- New Haven HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dissen school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dissen 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 Dissen against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dissen
Is Dissen a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dissen ranks 21,799th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and good schools, and lowest on cell coverage and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dissen expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $245,200. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $74,167 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Dissen safe?
Dissen is safer than 45% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare Dissen with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dissen. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dissen 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.
Dissen detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dissen: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dissen: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dissen: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dissen: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dissen 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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