Best PlacesLeeton, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leeton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Leeton ranks 18,148th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Leeton
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.
Leeton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leeton ranks high
- Cheap childcare$454 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Household income$93,588 median, better than 80% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 75% of towns
Where Leeton ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 29% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 32% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 33% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leeton
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leeton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,588, 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 Leeton's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Leeton
Leeton's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leeton.
Who works in Leeton, and how
Work in Leeton centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Leeton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leeton.
What the weather is like in Leeton, month by month
Leeton sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Leeton
Kansas City International sits about 73 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Leeton
Schools across Leeton average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shawnee Elem.C · 35% proficient
- Windsor Elem.C− · 28% proficient
- Leeton Elem.C− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Leeton MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Warrensburg MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Warrensburg HighB− · 41% proficient
- Leeton HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Windsor HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leeton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leeton 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 Leeton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leeton
Is Leeton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leeton ranks 18,148th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, what local pay buys, and low disaster risk, and lowest on the weather and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leeton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,212. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $93,588 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Leeton safe?
Leeton is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Leeton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leeton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leeton 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.
Leeton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leeton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leeton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leeton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leeton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leeton 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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