Best PlacesNeeper, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Neeper, 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.
Neeper ranks 42,730th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Neeper
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.
Neeper's strengths and weaknesses
Where Neeper ranks high
- Cheap childcare$408 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 80% of towns
Where Neeper ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Neeper
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Neeper home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,789, 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 Neeper'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, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Neeper
Neeper runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Neeper.
Who works in Neeper, and how
Work in Neeper centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Neeper
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Neeper.
What the weather is like in Neeper, month by month
Neeper sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 26° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 53° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 67° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Neeper
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 133 miles away.
The best schools in and around Neeper
Schools across Neeper average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Canton Elem.C− · 28% proficient
- Black Hawk Elem.C− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clark Co. MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Canton HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Clark Co. HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Neeper school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Neeper 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 Neeper against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Neeper
Is Neeper a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Neeper ranks 42,730th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and civic engagement, and lowest on biking and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Neeper expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $129,400. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $55,789 median income, cost of living beats 31% of towns.
Is Neeper safe?
Neeper is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $562 per resident a year.
Compare Neeper with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Neeper. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Neeper 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.
Neeper detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Neeper: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Neeper: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Neeper: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Neeper: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Neeper 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.