Best PlacesLoma Linda, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loma Linda, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Loma Linda ranks 13,958th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Loma Linda
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.
Loma Linda's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loma Linda ranks high
- Cheap childcare$445 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 89% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of towns
Where Loma Linda ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 27% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 29% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Loma Linda
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loma Linda home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $91,640, 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 Loma Linda's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Loma Linda
Loma Linda 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 Loma Linda.
Who works in Loma Linda, and how
Work in Loma Linda centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Loma Linda
Loma Linda has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Loma Linda and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Loma Linda, month by month
Loma Linda sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Loma Linda
The nearest airport, Joplin Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 159 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loma Linda
Schools across Loma Linda average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seneca Elem.D+ · 25% proficient
- Irving ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seneca Intermediate SchoolB · 43% proficient
- South MiddleB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Joplin HighC · 35% proficient
- Seneca HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loma Linda school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loma Linda 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 Loma Linda against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Loma Linda
Is Loma Linda a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loma Linda ranks 13,958th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, short commutes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loma Linda expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $267,054. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $91,640 median income, cost of living beats 89% of towns.
Is Loma Linda safe?
Yes, Loma Linda is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $260 per resident a year.
Compare Loma Linda with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loma Linda. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loma Linda 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.
Loma Linda detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loma Linda: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loma Linda: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loma Linda: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loma Linda: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loma Linda 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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