Best PlacesExcelsior Estates, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Excelsior Estates, 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.
Excelsior Estates ranks 17,147th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on a strong job market, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Excelsior Estates
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.
Excelsior Estates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Excelsior Estates ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 79% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 77% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 111 pleasant days a year, better than 75% of towns
Where Excelsior Estates ranks low
- Short commute36.1 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 31% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Excelsior Estates
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Excelsior Estates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,679, 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 Excelsior Estates' effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Excelsior Estates
Excelsior Estates's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Excelsior Estates.
Who works in Excelsior Estates, and how
Work in Excelsior Estates centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Excelsior Estates
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Excelsior Estates.
What the weather is like in Excelsior Estates, month by month
Excelsior Estates sees roughly 111 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Excelsior Estates
Kansas City International sits about 28 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Excelsior Estates
Schools across Excelsior Estates average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southwest Elem.B+ · 55% proficient
- Elkhorn ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Lewis ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lawson MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Excelsior Springs MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Lawson HighB · 48% proficient
- Excelsior Springs HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Excelsior Estates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Excelsior Estates 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 Excelsior Estates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Excelsior Estates
Is Excelsior Estates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Excelsior Estates ranks 17,147th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, civic engagement, and low disaster risk, and lowest on long commutes and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Excelsior Estates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,280. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $83,679 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Excelsior Estates safe?
Yes, Excelsior Estates is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $274 per resident a year.
Compare Excelsior Estates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Excelsior Estates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Excelsior Estates 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.
Excelsior Estates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Excelsior Estates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Excelsior Estates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Excelsior Estates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Excelsior Estates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Excelsior Estates 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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