Best PlacesHarrisonville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Harrisonville, 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.
Harrisonville ranks 20,229th 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 Harrisonville
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.
Harrisonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Harrisonville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$388 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- BikingBetter than 83% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Harrisonville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 36% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Harrisonville
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Harrisonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,983, 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 Harrisonville's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Harrisonville
Harrisonville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Harrisonville.
Who works in Harrisonville, and how
Work in Harrisonville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Harrisonville
Harrisonville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Harrisonville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Harrisonville, month by month
Harrisonville sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Harrisonville
Kansas City International sits about 49 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 Harrisonville
Schools across Harrisonville average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Lynne Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Pleasant Hill Elem.B · 49% proficient
- Bridle Ridge ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Hill IntermediateB · 44% proficient
- Harrisonville MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Sherwood MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Sherwood HighB− · 43% proficient
- Raymore-peculiar Sr. HighB− · 43% proficient
- Harrisonville HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Harrisonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Harrisonville 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 Harrisonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Harrisonville
Is Harrisonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Harrisonville ranks 20,229th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, cell coverage, and walkability, 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 Harrisonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,664. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $83,983 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Harrisonville safe?
Harrisonville is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $382 per resident a year.
Compare Harrisonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Harrisonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Harrisonville 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.
Harrisonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Harrisonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Harrisonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Harrisonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Harrisonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Harrisonville 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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