Best PlacesGreen City, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Green City, 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.
Green City ranks 40,173rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Green City
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.
Green City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Green City ranks high
- Cheap childcare$408 a month, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
Where Green City ranks low
- Household income$40,432 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Green City
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Green City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,432, 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 Green City's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Green City
Green City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Green City.
Who works in Green City, and how
Work in Green City centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Green City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Green City.
What the weather is like in Green City, month by month
Green City sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 19° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 66° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Green City
The nearest airport, Kirksville Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Green City
Schools across Green City average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Green City Elem.C · 32% proficient
- Milan Elem.C− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Green City HighB− · 45% proficient
- Milan HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Green City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Green City 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 Green City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Green City
Is Green City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Green City ranks 40,173rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and low property taxes, and lowest on low incomes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Green City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $141,325. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $40,432 median income, cost of living beats 13% of towns.
Is Green City safe?
Green City is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $691 per resident a year.
Compare Green City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Green City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Green City 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.
Green City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Green City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Green City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Green City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Green City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Green City 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.