Best PlacesOsage Bluff, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Osage Bluff, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Osage Bluff ranks 19,024th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Osage Bluff
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.
Osage Bluff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Osage Bluff ranks high
- Cheap childcare$356 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
Where Osage Bluff ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Osage Bluff
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Osage Bluff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,594, 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 Osage Bluff'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 Osage Bluff
Osage Bluff's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Osage Bluff.
Who works in Osage Bluff, and how
Work in Osage Bluff centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Osage Bluff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Osage Bluff.
What the weather is like in Osage Bluff, month by month
Osage Bluff sees roughly 91 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Osage Bluff
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 102 miles away.
The best schools in and around Osage Bluff
Schools across Osage Bluff average a B+, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Blair Oaks Elem.A+ · 73% proficient
- Eugene Elem.C · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blair Oaks Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- Blair Oaks HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Eugene HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Osage Bluff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Osage Bluff 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 Osage Bluff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Osage Bluff
Is Osage Bluff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Osage Bluff ranks 19,024th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, civic engagement, and what local pay buys, and lowest on crime and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Osage Bluff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,342. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $94,594 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Osage Bluff safe?
Osage Bluff is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,106 per resident a year.
Compare Osage Bluff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Osage Bluff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Osage Bluff 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.
Osage Bluff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Osage Bluff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Osage Bluff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Osage Bluff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Osage Bluff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Osage Bluff 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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