Best PlacesMine La Motte, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mine La Motte, 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.
Mine La Motte ranks 33,415th 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 Mine La Motte
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.
Mine La Motte's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mine La Motte ranks high
- Cheap childcare$394 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Short commute22.4 minutes each way, better than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Mine La Motte ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mine La Motte
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mine La Motte home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,045, 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 Mine La Motte's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Mine La Motte
Mine La Motte's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mine La Motte.
Who works in Mine La Motte, and how
Work in Mine La Motte centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Mine La Motte
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mine La Motte.
What the weather is like in Mine La Motte, month by month
Mine La Motte sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mine La Motte
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 78 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mine La Motte
Schools across Mine La Motte average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fredericktown IntermediateB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kelly A Burlison Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Fredericktown HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mine La Motte school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mine La Motte 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 Mine La Motte against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mine La Motte
Is Mine La Motte a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mine La Motte ranks 33,415th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mine La Motte expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $187,001. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $71,045 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Mine La Motte safe?
Mine La Motte is safer than 28% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $461 per resident a year.
Compare Mine La Motte with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mine La Motte. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mine La Motte 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.
Mine La Motte detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mine La Motte: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mine La Motte: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mine La Motte: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mine La Motte: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mine La Motte 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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