Best PlacesFertile, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fertile, 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.
Fertile ranks 40,413th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fertile
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.
Fertile's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fertile ranks high
- Cheap childcare$386 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of towns
Where Fertile ranks low
- Short commute56.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fertile
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fertile home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,809, 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 Fertile's effective rate of 0.54%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Fertile
Fertile runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fertile.
Who works in Fertile, and how
Work in Fertile centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fertile
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fertile.
What the weather is like in Fertile, month by month
Fertile sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Fertile
St Louis Lambert International sits about 49 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 Fertile
Schools across Fertile average a C, better than 34% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Kingston MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Kingston HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fertile school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fertile 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 Fertile against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fertile
Is Fertile a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fertile ranks 40,413th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and tree cover, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fertile expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $138,670. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $77,809 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Fertile safe?
Fertile is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $455 per resident a year.
Compare Fertile with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fertile. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fertile 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.
Fertile detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fertile: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fertile: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fertile: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fertile: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fertile 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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