Best PlacesKime, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kime, 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.
Kime ranks 46,512th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kime
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.
Kime's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kime ranks high
- Cheap childcare$348 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Kime ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 6% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kime
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kime home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $57,975, 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 Kime's effective rate of 0.47%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Kime
Kime 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 Kime.
Who works in Kime, and how
Work in Kime centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Kime
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kime.
What the weather is like in Kime, month by month
Kime sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 49° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Kime
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 118 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kime
Schools across Kime average a C, better than 35% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Williamsville Elem.D · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenville Jr. HighB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Greenville HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kime school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kime 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 Kime against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kime
Is Kime a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kime ranks 46,512th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and a stable housing market, and lowest on biking and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kime expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $100,411. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $57,975 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Kime safe?
Kime is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $525 per resident a year.
Compare Kime with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kime. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kime 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.
Kime detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kime: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kime: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kime: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kime: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kime 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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