Best PlacesHillhouse Addition, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hillhouse Addition, 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.
Hillhouse Addition ranks 45,106th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hillhouse Addition
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.
Hillhouse Addition's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hillhouse Addition ranks high
- Cheap childcare$437 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 77% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Short commute23.6 minutes each way, better than 71% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Hillhouse Addition ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$48,454 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hillhouse Addition
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hillhouse Addition home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,454, 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 Hillhouse Addition's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hillhouse Addition
Hillhouse Addition 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 Hillhouse Addition.
Who works in Hillhouse Addition, and how
Work in Hillhouse Addition centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Hillhouse Addition
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hillhouse Addition.
What the weather is like in Hillhouse Addition, month by month
Hillhouse Addition sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Hillhouse Addition
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 127 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hillhouse Addition
Schools across Hillhouse Addition average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Swedeborg Elem.B+ · 52% proficient
- Richland Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
- Stoutland ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Richland HighC · 33% proficient
- Stoutland HighD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hillhouse Addition school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hillhouse Addition 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 Hillhouse Addition against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hillhouse Addition
Is Hillhouse Addition a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hillhouse Addition ranks 45,106th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hillhouse Addition expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,634. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $48,454 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Hillhouse Addition safe?
Hillhouse Addition is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $511 per resident a year.
Compare Hillhouse Addition with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hillhouse Addition. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hillhouse Addition 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.
Hillhouse Addition detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hillhouse Addition: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hillhouse Addition: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hillhouse Addition: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hillhouse Addition: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hillhouse Addition 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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