Best PlacesMadry, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Madry, 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.
Madry ranks 37,623rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Madry
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.
Madry's strengths and weaknesses
Where Madry ranks high
- Cheap childcare$420 a month, better than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 70% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 63% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 63% of towns
Where Madry ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Madry
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Madry home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,242, 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 Madry's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Madry
Madry runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Madry.
Who works in Madry, and how
Work in Madry centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Madry
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Madry.
What the weather is like in Madry, month by month
Madry sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Madry
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Madry
Schools across Madry average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Crane Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
- Robinson SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Aurora HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Crane HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Madry school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Madry 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 Madry against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Madry
Is Madry a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Madry ranks 37,623rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and civic engagement, and lowest on an overheated housing market and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Madry expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,607. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,242 median income, cost of living beats 45% of towns.
Is Madry safe?
Yes, Madry is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Madry with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Madry. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Madry 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.
Madry detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Madry: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Madry: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Madry: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Madry: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Madry 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.