Best PlacesJaywye, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jaywye, 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.
Jaywye ranks 47,208th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Jaywye
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.
Jaywye's strengths and weaknesses
Where Jaywye ranks high
- Cheap childcare$356 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Short commute22.4 minutes each way, better than 78% of towns
Where Jaywye ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jaywye
A household needs to earn about $35,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jaywye home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,173, 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 Jaywye'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jaywye
Jaywye 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 Jaywye.
Who works in Jaywye, and how
Work in Jaywye centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Jaywye
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Jaywye.
What the weather is like in Jaywye, month by month
Jaywye sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Jaywye
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Jaywye
Schools across Jaywye average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Portageville Elem.B− · 42% proficient
- Risco Elem.C− · 27% proficient
- Lilbourn ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Portageville HighC+ · 36% proficient
- Risco HighC− · 27% proficient
- Central High SchoolD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jaywye school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jaywye 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 Jaywye against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jaywye
Is Jaywye a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jaywye ranks 47,208th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, cell coverage, and clean air, and lowest on tree cover and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jaywye expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $135,524. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $54,173 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Jaywye safe?
Jaywye is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $968 per resident a year.
Compare Jaywye with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jaywye. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jaywye 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.
Jaywye detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jaywye: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jaywye: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jaywye: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jaywye: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jaywye 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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