Best PlacesHayti Heights, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hayti Heights, 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.
Hayti Heights ranks 50,301st 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 Hayti Heights
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.
Hayti Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Hayti Heights ranks high
- Cheap childcare$316 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- BikingBetter than 72% of towns
- Short commute23.5 minutes each way, better than 72% of towns
Where Hayti Heights ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hayti Heights
A household needs to earn about $16,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hayti Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $25,508, 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 Hayti Heights' effective rate of 1.04%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hayti Heights
Hayti Heights runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hayti Heights.
Who works in Hayti Heights, and how
Work in Hayti Heights centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Hayti Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hayti Heights.
What the weather is like in Hayti Heights, month by month
Hayti Heights sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Hayti Heights
The nearest airport, McKellar-Sipes Regional, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 83 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hayti Heights
Schools across Hayti Heights average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Delta C-7 Elem.D+ · 25% proficient
- Ross Elem.D− · 15% proficient
- Mathis ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Delta C-7 HighB− · 40% proficient
- Hayti HighF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hayti Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hayti Heights 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 Hayti Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hayti Heights
Is Hayti Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hayti Heights ranks 50,301st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, cell coverage, and state finances, and lowest on health outcomes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hayti Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $60,110. The overall cost of living runs about 30% below the national average. Set against a $25,508 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Hayti Heights safe?
Hayti Heights is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,216 per resident a year.
Compare Hayti Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hayti Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hayti Heights 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.
Hayti Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hayti Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hayti Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hayti Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hayti Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hayti Heights 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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