Best PlacesDutzow, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dutzow, 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.
Dutzow ranks 13,499th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dutzow
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.
Dutzow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dutzow ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap childcare$535 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Household income$102,110 median, better than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
Where Dutzow ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
- Short commute31.3 minutes each way, better than only 27% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 30% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 35% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dutzow
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dutzow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,110, 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 Dutzow's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dutzow
Dutzow runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dutzow.
Who works in Dutzow, and how
Work in Dutzow centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Dutzow
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dutzow.
What the weather is like in Dutzow, month by month
Dutzow 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 Dutzow
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 Dutzow
Schools across Dutzow average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Washington West ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Augusta ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- South Point ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Wright City MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Washington High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Wright City HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dutzow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dutzow 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 Dutzow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dutzow
Is Dutzow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dutzow ranks 13,499th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and affordable childcare, and lowest on car insurance costs and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dutzow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $365,769. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $102,110 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Dutzow safe?
Dutzow is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $415 per resident a year.
Compare Dutzow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dutzow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dutzow 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.
Dutzow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dutzow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dutzow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dutzow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dutzow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dutzow 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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