Best PlacesMosby, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mosby, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mosby ranks 12,839th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mosby
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.
Mosby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mosby ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 85% of towns
- Household income$96,904 median, better than 83% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 82% of towns
Where Mosby ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mosby
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mosby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $96,904, 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 Mosby's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 Mosby
Mosby runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mosby.
Who works in Mosby, and how
Work in Mosby centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Mosby
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mosby.
What the weather is like in Mosby, month by month
Mosby sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Mosby
Kansas City International sits about 27 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 Mosby
Schools across Mosby average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Epic ElementaryA+ · 85% proficient
- Cornerstone ElementaryC · 34% proficient
- Grandview Elem.C · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heritage Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Lafayette Co. MiddleC− · 29% proficient
- Excelsior Springs MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty North High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Lafayette Co. HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Excelsior Springs HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mosby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mosby 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 Mosby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mosby
Is Mosby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mosby ranks 12,839th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on noise and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mosby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $360,674. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $96,904 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Mosby safe?
Mosby is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $400 per resident a year.
Compare Mosby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mosby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mosby 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.
Mosby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mosby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mosby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mosby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mosby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mosby 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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