Best PlacesNormandy, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Normandy, 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.
Normandy ranks 48,771st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Normandy
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.
Normandy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Normandy ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.3 minutes each way, better than 83% of towns
Where Normandy ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Normandy
A household needs to earn about $31,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Normandy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $45,417, 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 Normandy's effective rate of 1.49%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Normandy
Normandy 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 Normandy.
Who works in Normandy, and how
Work in Normandy centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Normandy
Normandy has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Normandy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Normandy, month by month
Normandy sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Normandy
St Louis Lambert International sits about 4 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 Normandy
Schools across Normandy average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson Elem.D− · 12% proficient
- Woodland Elem.F · 8% proficient
- Lucas Crossing Elem. ComplexF · 4% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kenneth C. Hanrahan Elem.F · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Steam Academy At Msb High SchoC− · 30% proficient
- The Innovation School At CvF · 10% proficient
- Jennings HighF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Normandy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Normandy 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 Normandy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Normandy
Is Normandy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Normandy ranks 48,771st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Normandy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $108,192. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $45,417 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Normandy safe?
Normandy is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,229 per resident a year.
Compare Normandy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Normandy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Normandy 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.
Normandy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Normandy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Normandy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Normandy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Normandy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Normandy 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.