Best PlacesLevasy, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Levasy, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Levasy ranks 18,425th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Levasy
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.
Levasy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Levasy ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$112,417 median, better than 91% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 72% of towns
Where Levasy ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 27% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Levasy
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Levasy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,417, 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 Levasy's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Levasy
Levasy runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Levasy.
Who works in Levasy, and how
Work in Levasy centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Levasy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Levasy.
What the weather is like in Levasy, month by month
Levasy sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Levasy
Kansas City International sits about 33 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 Levasy
Schools across Levasy average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southview Elem.A− · 57% proficient
- Buckner Elem.B− · 43% proficient
- Oak Grove Elem.B− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kearney MiddleA− · 57% proficient
- Oak Grove MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Fire Prairie MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Kearney HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Fort Osage HighC+ · 36% proficient
- Oak Grove HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Levasy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Levasy 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 Levasy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Levasy
Is Levasy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Levasy ranks 18,425th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Levasy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $372,057. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $112,417 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Levasy safe?
Yes, Levasy is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
Compare Levasy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Levasy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Levasy 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.
Levasy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Levasy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Levasy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Levasy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Levasy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Levasy 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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