Best PlacesIsadora, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Isadora, 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.
Isadora ranks 45,696th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Isadora
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.
Isadora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Isadora ranks high
- Cheap childcare$387 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- QuietBetter than 65% of towns
Where Isadora ranks low
- Household income$42,422 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Isadora
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Isadora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,422, 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 Isadora's effective rate of 0.88%, 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 Isadora
Isadora 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 Isadora.
Who works in Isadora, and how
Work in Isadora centers on agriculture & forestry and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Isadora
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Isadora.
What the weather is like in Isadora, month by month
Isadora sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Isadora
The nearest airport, Des Moines International, is about 83 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 84 miles away.
The best schools in and around Isadora
Schools across Isadora average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Worth Co. ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Worth Co. HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Isadora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Isadora 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 Isadora against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Isadora
Is Isadora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Isadora ranks 45,696th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, an educated workforce, and civic engagement, and lowest on low incomes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Isadora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $153,800. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $42,422 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is Isadora safe?
Isadora is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $623 per resident a year.
Compare Isadora with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Isadora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Isadora 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.
Isadora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Isadora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Isadora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Isadora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Isadora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Isadora 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.