Best PlacesMount Pleasant, St. Louis, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Pleasant, St. Louis, 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.
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis ranks 5,977th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis
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.
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Pleasant, St. Louis ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$908 a month, better than 76% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 65% of neighborhoods
Where Mount Pleasant, St. Louis ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Short commute38.9 minutes each way, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis
A household needs to earn about $24,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Pleasant, St. Louis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $31,538, 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 Mount Pleasant, St. Louis' effective rate of 0.65%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis 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 Mount Pleasant, St. Louis.
Who works in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis, and how
Work in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 55%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 27%
Life in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Pleasant, St. Louis.
What the weather is like in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis, month by month
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis 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 Mount Pleasant, St. Louis
St Louis Lambert International sits about 14 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 Mount Pleasant, St. Louis
Schools across Mount Pleasant, St. Louis average an F, better than 1% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- South CityD · 19% proficient
- Nahed Chapman New American AcaF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- Acad Of Entre Stdy@louvertureF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Carnahan Sch. Of The FutureF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Pleasant, St. Louis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis 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 Mount Pleasant, St. Louis against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis
Is Mount Pleasant, St. Louis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Pleasant, St. Louis ranks 5,977th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, a stable housing market, and low property taxes, and lowest on the schools and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Pleasant, St. Louis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $94,979. The overall cost of living runs about 26% below the national average. Set against a $31,538 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Mount Pleasant, St. Louis safe?
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis is safer than 2% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,451 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Pleasant, St. Louis with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Pleasant, St. Louis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis 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.
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Pleasant, St. Louis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Pleasant, St. Louis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Pleasant, St. Louis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Pleasant, St. Louis 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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