Best PlacesLutesville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lutesville, 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.
Lutesville ranks 36,155th 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 Lutesville
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.
Lutesville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lutesville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$402 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 87% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 71% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 69% of towns
Where Lutesville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lutesville
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lutesville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,134, 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 Lutesville's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lutesville
Lutesville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lutesville.
Who works in Lutesville, and how
Work in Lutesville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Lutesville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lutesville.
What the weather is like in Lutesville, month by month
Lutesville sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Lutesville
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 103 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lutesville
Schools across Lutesville average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodland Elem.C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodland MiddleB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Woodland HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lutesville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lutesville 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 Lutesville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lutesville
Is Lutesville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lutesville ranks 36,155th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lutesville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,238. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $74,134 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Lutesville safe?
Lutesville is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Lutesville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lutesville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lutesville 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.
Lutesville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lutesville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lutesville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lutesville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lutesville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lutesville 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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