Best PlacesNew Liberty, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Liberty, 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.
New Liberty ranks 40,717th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in New Liberty
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.
New Liberty's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Liberty ranks high
- Cheap childcare$360 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
Where New Liberty ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Liberty
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Liberty home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,372, 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 New Liberty's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 New Liberty
New Liberty 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 New Liberty.
Who works in New Liberty, and how
Work in New Liberty centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to 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 New Liberty
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Liberty.
What the weather is like in New Liberty, month by month
New Liberty sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of New Liberty
The nearest airport, Waynesville-St Robert Regional Forney Field, is about 75 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around New Liberty
Schools across New Liberty average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Winona Elem.B− · 41% proficient
- Van Buren Elem.C · 35% proficient
- Alton ElementaryC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Liberty MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty Sr. HighB− · 43% proficient
- Winona HighC · 30% proficient
- Van Buren HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Liberty school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Liberty 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 New Liberty against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Liberty
Is New Liberty a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Liberty ranks 40,717th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and tree cover, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is New Liberty expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,113. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,372 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is New Liberty safe?
New Liberty is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $625 per resident a year.
Compare New Liberty with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Liberty. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Liberty 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.
New Liberty detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Liberty: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Liberty: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Liberty: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Liberty: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Liberty 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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