Best PlacesDittmer, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dittmer, 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.
Dittmer ranks 24,785th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Dittmer
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.
Dittmer's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dittmer ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 80% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 77% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 75% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 72% of towns
Where Dittmer ranks low
- Short commute39.7 minutes each way, better than only 6% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 18% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 26% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dittmer
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dittmer home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,657, 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 Dittmer's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dittmer
Dittmer runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dittmer.
Who works in Dittmer, and how
Work in Dittmer centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dittmer
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dittmer.
What the weather is like in Dittmer, month by month
Dittmer sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Dittmer
St Louis Lambert International sits about 36 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 Dittmer
Schools across Dittmer average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maple Grove Elem.B− · 43% proficient
- Grandview Elem.B− · 43% proficient
- Lonedell Elem.C · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwest Valley Sch.C+ · 37% proficient
- Grandview MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwest HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Kingston HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Grandview HighC− · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dittmer school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dittmer 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 Dittmer against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dittmer
Is Dittmer a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dittmer ranks 24,785th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a stable housing market, and few empty homes, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dittmer expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,152. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $84,657 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Dittmer safe?
Dittmer is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $423 per resident a year.
Compare Dittmer with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dittmer. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dittmer 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.
Dittmer detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dittmer: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dittmer: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dittmer: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dittmer: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dittmer 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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