Best PlacesMarionville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Marionville, 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.
Marionville ranks 35,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Marionville
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.
Marionville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Marionville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$417 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of towns
- BikingBetter than 75% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Marionville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Marionville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Marionville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,674, 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 Marionville's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Marionville
Marionville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Marionville.
Who works in Marionville, and how
Work in Marionville centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Marionville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Marionville.
What the weather is like in Marionville, month by month
Marionville sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Marionville
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Marionville
Schools across Marionville average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Schofield ElementaryA · 62% proficient
- Marionville ElemB+ · 52% proficient
- Mt. Vernon IntermediateB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marionville MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Republic MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Mt. Vernon MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Nixa HighA · 70% proficient
- Republic HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Marionville HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Marionville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Marionville 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 Marionville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Marionville
Is Marionville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Marionville ranks 35,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on noise and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Marionville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $205,174. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,674 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Marionville safe?
Yes, Marionville is safer than 56% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $342 per resident a year.
Compare Marionville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Marionville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Marionville 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.
Marionville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Marionville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Marionville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Marionville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Marionville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Marionville 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.