Best PlacesExcelsior Springs, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Excelsior Springs, 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 Springs ranks 22,296th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on walkability.
The best neighborhoods in Excelsior 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.
Excelsior Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Excelsior Springs ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 110 pleasant days a year, better than 74% of towns
Where Excelsior Springs ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 27% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 28% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Excelsior Springs
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Excelsior Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,344, 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 Springs' effective rate of 0.90%, 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 Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Excelsior Springs.
Who works in Excelsior Springs, and how
Work in Excelsior Springs centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Excelsior Springs
Excelsior Springs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Excelsior Springs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Excelsior Springs, month by month
Excelsior Springs sees roughly 110 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 Springs
Kansas City International sits about 26 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 Springs
Schools across Excelsior Springs average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Missouri City Elem.A− · 58% proficient
- Southview Elem.A− · 57% proficient
- Southwest Elem.B+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kearney MiddleA− · 57% proficient
- Lawson MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Lathrop Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Kearney HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Lawson HighB · 48% proficient
- Lathrop High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Excelsior Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Excelsior 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 Excelsior Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Excelsior Springs
Is Excelsior Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Excelsior Springs ranks 22,296th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on noise and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Excelsior Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,540. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $76,344 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Excelsior Springs safe?
Excelsior Springs is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $410 per resident a year.
Compare Excelsior Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Excelsior Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Excelsior 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.
Excelsior Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Excelsior Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Excelsior Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Excelsior Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Excelsior Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Excelsior 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
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