Best PlacesMehlville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mehlville, 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.
Mehlville ranks 1,636th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mehlville
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.
Mehlville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mehlville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 80% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 76% of cities
- Short commute22.8 minutes each way, better than 72% of cities
Where Mehlville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of cities
- Household income$73,496 median, better than only 27% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than only 29% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Mehlville
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mehlville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,496, 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 Mehlville's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mehlville
Mehlville 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 Mehlville.
Who works in Mehlville, and how
Work in Mehlville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mehlville
Mehlville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Mehlville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mehlville, month by month
Mehlville sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mehlville
St Louis Lambert International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mehlville
Schools across Mehlville average a C+, better than 33% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mosaic ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Blades Elem.B · 46% proficient
- Oakville Elem.B− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Washington MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Bernard MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Margaret Buerkle MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Oakville Sr. HighC+ · 39% proficient
- Mehlville High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mehlville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mehlville 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 Mehlville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Mehlville suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Mehlville
Is Mehlville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mehlville ranks 1,636th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, state finances, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mehlville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $231,317. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $73,496 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Mehlville safe?
Mehlville is safer than 6% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $609 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mehlville?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 26. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of cities.
Is Mehlville good for families?
Schools beat 33% of cities, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $1,131 a month.
Compare Mehlville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mehlville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mehlville 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.
Mehlville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mehlville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mehlville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mehlville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mehlville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mehlville 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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