Best PlacesJennings, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Jennings, 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.
Jennings ranks 50,080th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Jennings
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.
Jennings' strengths and weaknesses
Where Jennings ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
Where Jennings ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Jennings
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Jennings home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,377, 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 Jennings' effective rate of 1.39%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Jennings
Jennings's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Jennings.
Who works in Jennings, and how
Work in Jennings centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Jennings
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Jennings.
What the weather is like in Jennings, month by month
Jennings sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Jennings
St Louis Lambert International sits about 6 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Jennings
Schools across Jennings average a D−, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fairview PrimaryC− · 30% proficient
- Northview Elem.D− · 11% proficient
- Woodland Elem.F · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rose Johnson Jennings Jr. HighD− · 13% proficient
- Kenneth C. Hanrahan Elem.F · 10% proficient
- Westview Middle SchoolF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Jennings HighF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Jennings school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Jennings 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 Jennings against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Jennings
Is Jennings a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Jennings ranks 50,080th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Jennings expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $71,873. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $45,377 median income, cost of living beats 15% of towns.
Is Jennings safe?
Jennings is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,538 per resident a year.
Compare Jennings with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Jennings. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Jennings 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.
Jennings detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Jennings: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Jennings: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Jennings: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Jennings: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Jennings 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.