Best PlacesEllisville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ellisville, 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.
Ellisville ranks 1,702nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ellisville
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.
Ellisville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ellisville ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$133,079 median, better than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
Where Ellisville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,131 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 70 pleasant days a year, better than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ellisville
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ellisville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $133,079, 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 Ellisville's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Ellisville
Ellisville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ellisville.
Who works in Ellisville, and how
Work in Ellisville centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Ellisville
Ellisville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 88% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Ellisville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ellisville, month by month
Ellisville 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 Ellisville
St Louis Lambert International sits about 16 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 Ellisville
Schools across Ellisville average an A−, better than 84% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kehrs Mill Elem.A+ · 74% proficient
- Ridge Meadows Elem.A · 63% proficient
- Fairway Elem.A · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crestview MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Wildwood MiddleA · 62% proficient
- Selvidge MiddleA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Marquette Sr. HighA− · 62% proficient
- Lafayette Sr. HighA− · 59% proficient
- Eureka Sr. HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ellisville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ellisville 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 Ellisville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ellisville
Is Ellisville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ellisville ranks 1,702nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, biking, and an educated workforce, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ellisville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $419,446. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $133,079 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Ellisville safe?
Ellisville is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
Compare Ellisville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ellisville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ellisville 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.
Ellisville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ellisville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ellisville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ellisville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ellisville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ellisville 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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