Best PlacesOakville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oakville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oakville ranks 898th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Oakville
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.
Oakville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oakville ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 94% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 89% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of cities
Where Oakville ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 13% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 17% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 26% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Oakville
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oakville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,657, 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 Oakville's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Oakville
Oakville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oakville.
Who works in Oakville, and how
Work in Oakville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Oakville
Oakville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of cities and more parkland per resident than 97% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Oakville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oakville, month by month
Oakville sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Oakville
St Louis Lambert International sits about 20 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 Oakville
Schools across Oakville average a B−, better than 48% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Rogers Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Point Elem.B · 46% proficient
- Blades Elem.B · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oakville MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Washington MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Bernard MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Oakville Sr. HighC+ · 39% proficient
- Mehlville High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oakville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oakville 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 Oakville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Oakville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 87% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Oakville
Is Oakville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oakville ranks 898th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and health care access, 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 Oakville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $328,152. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $106,657 median income, cost of living beats 87% of cities.
Is Oakville safe?
Oakville is safer than 46% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Oakville?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 26. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of cities.
Is Oakville good for families?
Schools beat 48% of cities, crime safety beats 46%, and childcare runs $1,131 a month.
Compare Oakville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oakville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oakville 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.
Oakville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oakville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oakville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oakville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oakville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oakville 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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