Best PlacesMayview, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mayview, 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.
Mayview ranks 21,149th 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 Mayview
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.
Mayview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mayview ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$537 a month, better than 88% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 85% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Household income$94,557 median, better than 81% of towns
Where Mayview ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mayview
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mayview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,557, 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 Mayview's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 Mayview
Mayview runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mayview.
Who works in Mayview, and how
Work in Mayview centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mayview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mayview.
What the weather is like in Mayview, month by month
Mayview sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mayview
Kansas City International sits about 50 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 Mayview
Schools across Mayview average a C+, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Odessa Upper ElementaryC+ · 36% proficient
- Grandview Elem.C · 32% proficient
- Wellington-napoleon Elem.C · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Odessa MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Lafayette Co. MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Lexington MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Lafayette Co. HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Odessa HighC · 32% proficient
- Lexington HighD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mayview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mayview 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 Mayview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mayview
Is Mayview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mayview ranks 21,149th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, affordable childcare, and a strong job market, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mayview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,913. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $94,557 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Mayview safe?
Yes, Mayview is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Mayview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mayview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mayview 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.
Mayview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mayview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mayview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mayview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mayview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mayview 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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