Best PlacesOrrick, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Orrick, 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.
Orrick ranks 35,151st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Orrick
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.
Orrick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Orrick ranks high
- Cheap childcare$502 a month, better than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 78% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 72% of towns
Where Orrick ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Short commute34.3 minutes each way, better than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Orrick
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Orrick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,224, 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 Orrick's effective rate of 0.69%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Orrick
Orrick runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Orrick.
Who works in Orrick, and how
Work in Orrick centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Orrick
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Orrick.
What the weather is like in Orrick, month by month
Orrick sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Orrick
Kansas City International sits about 32 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 Orrick
Schools across Orrick average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elkhorn ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Sunrise Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
- Lewis ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Richmond MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Excelsior Springs MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Excelsior Springs HighC · 34% proficient
- Orrick HighC · 33% proficient
- Richmond HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Orrick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Orrick 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 Orrick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Orrick
Is Orrick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Orrick ranks 35,151st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and low disaster risk, and lowest on noise and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Orrick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $191,043. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $79,224 median income, cost of living beats 41% of towns.
Is Orrick safe?
Orrick is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
Compare Orrick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Orrick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Orrick 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.
Orrick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Orrick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Orrick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Orrick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Orrick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Orrick 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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