Best PlacesEl Dorado Springs, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around El Dorado Springs, 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.
El Dorado Springs ranks 37,835th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in El Dorado Springs
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.
El Dorado Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where El Dorado Springs ranks high
- Cheap childcare$355 a month, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Short commute21.3 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where El Dorado Springs ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Household income$48,307 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in El Dorado Springs
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median El Dorado Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,307, 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 El Dorado Springs' effective rate of 0.64%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in El Dorado Springs
El Dorado Springs 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 El Dorado Springs.
Who works in El Dorado Springs, and how
Work in El Dorado Springs centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in El Dorado Springs
El Dorado Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of El Dorado Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in El Dorado Springs, month by month
El Dorado Springs sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 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 | 68° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of El Dorado Springs
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 54 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around El Dorado Springs
Schools across El Dorado Springs average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stockton Elem.B+ · 55% proficient
- Lakeland Elem.C · 33% proficient
- El Dorado Springs Elem.D+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stockton MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Nevada MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- El Dorado Springs MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Stockton HighB · 47% proficient
- Nevada HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Weaubleau HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every El Dorado Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
El Dorado Springs 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 El Dorado Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in El Dorado Springs
Is El Dorado Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, El Dorado Springs ranks 37,835th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and short commutes, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is El Dorado Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $150,581. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $48,307 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is El Dorado Springs safe?
El Dorado Springs is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare El Dorado Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to El Dorado Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in El Dorado Springs 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.
El Dorado Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for El Dorado Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in El Dorado Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of El Dorado Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in El Dorado Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
El Dorado Springs 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.