Best PlacesOkete, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Okete, 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.
Okete ranks 26,535th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. Long commutes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on affordable childcare.
The best neighborhoods in Okete
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.
Okete's strengths and weaknesses
Where Okete ranks high
- Cheap childcare$557 a month, better than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 79% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Okete ranks low
- Short commute38.6 minutes each way, better than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Okete
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Okete home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,474, 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 Okete's effective rate of 0.71%, 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 Okete
Okete runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Okete.
Who works in Okete, and how
Work in Okete centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Okete
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Okete.
What the weather is like in Okete, month by month
Okete sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Okete
St Louis Lambert International sits about 38 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 Okete
Schools across Okete average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Silex Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Boone Elem.B− · 44% proficient
- Winfield IntermediateC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Troy MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Ida Cannon MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Winfield MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Troy Buchanan HighB · 48% proficient
- Elsberry HighB− · 42% proficient
- Silex HighC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Okete school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Okete 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 Okete against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Okete
Is Okete a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Okete ranks 26,535th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low crime, and a stable housing market, and lowest on long commutes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Okete expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $213,419. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $68,474 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Okete safe?
Yes, Okete is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Okete with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Okete. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Okete 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.
Okete detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Okete: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Okete: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Okete: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Okete: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Okete 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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