Best PlacesGallatin, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gallatin, 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.
Gallatin ranks 36,810th 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 Gallatin
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.
Gallatin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gallatin ranks high
- Cheap childcare$442 a month, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 73% of towns
Where Gallatin ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Household income$58,434 median, better than only 24% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gallatin
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gallatin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,434, 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 Gallatin's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gallatin
Gallatin runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gallatin.
Who works in Gallatin, and how
Work in Gallatin centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Gallatin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gallatin.
What the weather is like in Gallatin, month by month
Gallatin sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Gallatin
Kansas City International sits about 58 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 Gallatin
Schools across Gallatin average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tri-county Elem.A+ · 75% proficient
- Covel D. Searcy Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
- Hamilton Elem.B− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hamilton MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Gallatin Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Gallatin HighB− · 45% proficient
- Penney HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Tri-county HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gallatin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gallatin 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 Gallatin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gallatin
Is Gallatin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gallatin ranks 36,810th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and biking, and lowest on health outcomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gallatin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $178,920. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $58,434 median income, cost of living beats 22% of towns.
Is Gallatin safe?
Gallatin is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $470 per resident a year.
Compare Gallatin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gallatin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gallatin 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.
Gallatin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gallatin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gallatin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gallatin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gallatin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gallatin 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.