Best PlacesMyrtle, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Myrtle, 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.
Myrtle ranks 49,711th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Myrtle
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.
Myrtle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Myrtle ranks high
- Cheap childcare$340 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 78% of towns
- QuietBetter than 75% of towns
Where Myrtle ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$26,960 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Myrtle
A household needs to earn about $47,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Myrtle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $26,960, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Myrtle's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Myrtle
Myrtle runs younger 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 Myrtle.
Who works in Myrtle, and how
Work in Myrtle centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Myrtle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Myrtle.
What the weather is like in Myrtle, month by month
Myrtle sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Myrtle
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 97 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Myrtle
Schools across Myrtle average a D+, better than 18% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Couch Elem.C− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Couch HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Myrtle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Myrtle 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 Myrtle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Myrtle
Is Myrtle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Myrtle ranks 49,711th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Myrtle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,300. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $26,960 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Myrtle safe?
Myrtle is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $845 per resident a year.
Compare Myrtle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Myrtle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Myrtle 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.
Myrtle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Myrtle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Myrtle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Myrtle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Myrtle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Myrtle 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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