Best PlacesHannibal, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hannibal, 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.
Hannibal ranks 33,535th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hannibal
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.
Hannibal's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hannibal ranks high
- Cheap childcare$456 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.8 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- BikingBetter than 80% of towns
Where Hannibal ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hannibal
A household needs to earn about $40,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hannibal home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,488, 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 Hannibal's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Hannibal
Hannibal's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hannibal.
Who works in Hannibal, and how
Work in Hannibal centers on health care & social 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 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Hannibal
Hannibal has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hannibal and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hannibal, month by month
Hannibal sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Hannibal
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 86 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hannibal
Schools across Hannibal average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oakwood Elem.A · 65% proficient
- Palmyra Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
- Monroe City Elem.B · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe City MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Hannibal MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Mark Twain Jr. HighC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Palmyra HighB · 48% proficient
- Monroe City R-i HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Hannibal Sr. HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hannibal school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hannibal 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 Hannibal against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Hannibal suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hannibal
Is Hannibal a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hannibal ranks 33,535th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hannibal expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $151,712. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $62,488 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Hannibal safe?
Hannibal is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $567 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hannibal?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 24. That works out to about 95 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of towns.
Is Hannibal good for families?
Schools beat 41% of towns, crime safety beats 20%, and childcare runs $456 a month.
Compare Hannibal with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hannibal. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hannibal 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.
Hannibal detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hannibal: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hannibal: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hannibal: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hannibal: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hannibal 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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