Best PlacesOrearville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orearville, 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.
Orearville ranks 29,245th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Orearville
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.
Orearville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orearville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$419 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Short commute21.0 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 77% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Orearville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orearville
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orearville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,263, 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 Orearville's effective rate of 0.62%, 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 Orearville
Orearville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Orearville.
Who works in Orearville, and how
Work in Orearville centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Orearville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Orearville.
What the weather is like in Orearville, month by month
Orearville sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 46° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Orearville
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Orearville
Schools across Orearville average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hardeman Elem.B− · 42% proficient
- Miami Elem.C− · 28% proficient
- Orearville Elem.D · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bueker MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Sweet Springs HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Slater HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orearville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orearville 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 Orearville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orearville
Is Orearville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orearville ranks 29,245th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low disaster risk, and short commutes, and lowest on the weather and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orearville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,770. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $73,263 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Orearville safe?
Yes, Orearville is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Orearville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orearville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orearville 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.
Orearville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orearville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orearville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orearville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orearville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orearville 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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