Best PlacesMora, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mora, 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.
Mora ranks 31,150th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mora
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.
Mora's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mora ranks high
- Cheap childcare$415 a month, better than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 72% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 72% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 70% of towns
Where Mora ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 27% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mora
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mora home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,973, 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 Mora's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mora
Mora runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mora.
Who works in Mora, and how
Work in Mora centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mora
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mora.
What the weather is like in Mora, month by month
Mora sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Mora
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 97 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mora
Schools across Mora average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cole Camp Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
- Morgan Co. R-i Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
- Smithton Elem.C · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Cole Camp HighB− · 43% proficient
- Morgan Co. R-i HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Smithton HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mora school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mora 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 Mora against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mora
Is Mora a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mora ranks 31,150th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low disaster risk, and lowest on air quality and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mora expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $224,832. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $60,973 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Mora safe?
Mora is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Mora with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mora. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mora 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.
Mora detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mora: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mora: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mora: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mora: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mora 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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