Best PlacesHunnewell, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hunnewell, 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.
Hunnewell ranks 40,328th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hunnewell
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.
Hunnewell's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hunnewell ranks high
- Cheap childcare$410 a month, better than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 72% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 95 pleasant days a year, better than 64% of towns
Where Hunnewell ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hunnewell
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hunnewell home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,040, 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 Hunnewell's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Hunnewell
Hunnewell runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hunnewell.
Who works in Hunnewell, and how
Work in Hunnewell centers on construction and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Hunnewell
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hunnewell.
What the weather is like in Hunnewell, month by month
Hunnewell sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Hunnewell
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Hunnewell
Schools across Hunnewell average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Shelby Elem.A− · 58% proficient
- Monroe City Elem.B · 50% proficient
- South Shelby ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe City MiddleB · 45% proficient
- South Shelby Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- North Shelby HighA · 68% proficient
- Monroe City R-i HighC+ · 38% proficient
- South Shelby HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hunnewell school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hunnewell 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 Hunnewell against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hunnewell
Is Hunnewell a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hunnewell ranks 40,328th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low disaster risk, and lowest on crime and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hunnewell expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $175,113. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $66,040 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Hunnewell safe?
Hunnewell is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $693 per resident a year.
Compare Hunnewell with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hunnewell. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hunnewell 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.
Hunnewell detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hunnewell: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hunnewell: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hunnewell: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hunnewell: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hunnewell 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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