Best PlacesEgypt Mills, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Egypt Mills, 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.
Egypt Mills ranks 22,149th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Egypt Mills
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.
Egypt Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Egypt Mills ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap childcare$470 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Household income$97,129 median, better than 83% of towns
Where Egypt Mills ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Egypt Mills
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Egypt Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $97,129, 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 Egypt Mills' effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Egypt Mills
Egypt Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Egypt Mills.
Who works in Egypt Mills, and how
Work in Egypt Mills centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Egypt Mills
Egypt Mills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Egypt Mills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Egypt Mills, month by month
Egypt Mills sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Egypt Mills
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 106 miles away.
The best schools in and around Egypt Mills
Schools across Egypt Mills average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nell Holcomb Elem.C · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Central HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Egypt Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Egypt Mills 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 Egypt Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Egypt Mills
Is Egypt Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Egypt Mills ranks 22,149th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, affordable childcare, and what local pay buys, and lowest on biking and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Egypt Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,443. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $97,129 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Egypt Mills safe?
Egypt Mills is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Egypt Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Egypt Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Egypt Mills 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.
Egypt Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Egypt Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Egypt Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Egypt Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Egypt Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Egypt Mills 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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