Best PlacesHigginsville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Higginsville, 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.
Higginsville ranks 20,494th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Higginsville
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.
Higginsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Higginsville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap childcare$537 a month, better than 88% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Short commute21.3 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
Where Higginsville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Higginsville
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Higginsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,734, 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 Higginsville's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Higginsville
Higginsville'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 Higginsville.
Who works in Higginsville, and how
Work in Higginsville 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 92%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Higginsville
Higginsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Higginsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Higginsville, month by month
Higginsville sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Higginsville
Kansas City International sits about 55 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 Higginsville
Schools across Higginsville average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Concordia Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
- Odessa Upper ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Grandview Elem.C · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Odessa MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Lafayette Co. MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Lexington MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Concordia HighB− · 42% proficient
- Lafayette Co. HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Odessa HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Higginsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Higginsville 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 Higginsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Higginsville
Is Higginsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Higginsville ranks 20,494th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, cell coverage, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Higginsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $181,372. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $87,734 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Higginsville safe?
Higginsville is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $467 per resident a year.
Compare Higginsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Higginsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Higginsville 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.
Higginsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Higginsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Higginsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Higginsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Higginsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Higginsville 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.