Best PlacesOakview, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakview, 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.
Oakview ranks 10,369th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oakview
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.
Oakview's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakview ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
Where Oakview ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 15% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of towns
- School gradeC, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Oakview
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oakview home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,719, 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 Oakview's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oakview
Oakview runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oakview.
Who works in Oakview, and how
Work in Oakview centers on finance & insurance and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Oakview
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oakview.
What the weather is like in Oakview, month by month
Oakview sees roughly 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 69° | 57° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Oakview
Kansas City International sits about 10 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Oakview
Schools across Oakview average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oakwood Manor ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Antioch MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Northgate MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Park HighC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakview school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakview 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 Oakview against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Oakview
Is Oakview a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakview ranks 10,369th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and walkability, 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 Oakview expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,941. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $84,719 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Oakview safe?
Oakview is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $467 per resident a year.
Compare Oakview with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakview. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakview 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.
Oakview detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakview: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakview: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakview: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakview: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakview 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.