Best PlacesMitchellville, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mitchellville, 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.
Mitchellville ranks 4,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mitchellville
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.
Mitchellville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mitchellville ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Mitchellville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 37% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 37% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mitchellville
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mitchellville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,328, 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 Mitchellville's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Mitchellville
Mitchellville's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mitchellville.
Who works in Mitchellville, and how
Work in Mitchellville centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mitchellville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mitchellville.
What the weather is like in Mitchellville, month by month
Mitchellville sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 39° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Mitchellville
The nearest airport, Des Moines International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mitchellville
Schools across Mitchellville average an A+, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mitchellville ElementaryA+ · 85% proficient
- Runnells ElementaryA+ · 77% proficient
- Colfax-mingo Elementary SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Creek - 6th GradeA+ · 79% proficient
- Bondurant - Farrar Intermediate SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
- Pcm Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Bondurant-farrar High SchoolA · 76% proficient
- Pcm High SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Southeast Polk High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mitchellville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mitchellville
Is Mitchellville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mitchellville ranks 4,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, cell coverage, and state finances, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mitchellville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $238,224. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $88,328 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Mitchellville safe?
Yes, Mitchellville is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Mitchellville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mitchellville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mitchellville 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.
Mitchellville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mitchellville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mitchellville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mitchellville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mitchellville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mitchellville 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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