Best PlacesDundee, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dundee, 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.
Dundee ranks 16,699th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dundee
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.
Dundee's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dundee ranks high
- Short commute14.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Cheap childcare$496 a month, better than 93% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 89% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 78% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 73% of towns
Where Dundee ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dundee
A household needs to earn about $102,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dundee home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,898, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Dundee's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Dundee
Dundee runs older than the country, 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 Dundee.
Who works in Dundee, and how
Work in Dundee centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dundee
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dundee.
What the weather is like in Dundee, month by month
Dundee 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 Dundee
St Louis Lambert International sits about 42 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 Dundee
Schools across Dundee average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin Co. Elem.A− · 60% proficient
- Washington West ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- New Haven Elem.B− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- New Haven MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Washington MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- New Haven HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dundee school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dundee 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 Dundee against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dundee
Is Dundee a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dundee ranks 16,699th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, affordable childcare, and civic engagement, and lowest on noise and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dundee expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $390,861. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $79,898 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Dundee safe?
Yes, Dundee is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Dundee with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dundee. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dundee 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.
Dundee detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dundee: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dundee: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dundee: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dundee: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dundee 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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