Best PlacesHermann, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hermann, 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.
Hermann ranks 29,343rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hermann
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.
Hermann's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hermann ranks high
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap childcare$494 a month, better than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 79% of towns
Where Hermann ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hermann
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hermann home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,216, 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 Hermann's effective rate of 0.75%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hermann
Hermann runs older than the country, 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 Hermann.
Who works in Hermann, and how
Work in Hermann centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Hermann
Hermann has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Hermann and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hermann, month by month
Hermann sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Hermann
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 59 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hermann
Schools across Hermann average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Owensville Elem.C+ · 39% proficient
- Montgomery City Elem.C · 33% proficient
- Hermann Elem.C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hermann MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Owensville MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Montgomery Co. MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Hermann HighB · 47% proficient
- Owensville HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Montgomery Co. HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hermann school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hermann 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 Hermann against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hermann
Is Hermann a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hermann ranks 29,343rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, affordable childcare, and walkability, and lowest on crime and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hermann expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,287. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $72,216 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Hermann safe?
Hermann is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $567 per resident a year.
Compare Hermann with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hermann. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hermann 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.
Hermann detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hermann: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hermann: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hermann: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hermann: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hermann 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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