Best PlacesPagedale, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pagedale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pagedale ranks 49,499th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pagedale
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.
Pagedale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pagedale ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of towns
Where Pagedale ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$31,926 median, better than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pagedale
A household needs to earn about $30,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pagedale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $31,926, 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 Pagedale's effective rate of 1.32%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pagedale
Pagedale runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pagedale.
Who works in Pagedale, and how
Work in Pagedale centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Pagedale
Pagedale has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Pagedale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pagedale, month by month
Pagedale sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Pagedale
St Louis Lambert International sits about 6 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 Pagedale
Schools across Pagedale average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jackson Park Elem.D− · 14% proficient
- Pershing Elem.D− · 12% proficient
- Barbara Jordan Elem.F · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brittany WoodsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- University City Sr. HighD · 23% proficient
- Normandy HighF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pagedale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pagedale 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 Pagedale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pagedale
Is Pagedale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pagedale ranks 49,499th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pagedale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $108,774. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $31,926 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pagedale safe?
Pagedale is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,600 per resident a year.
Compare Pagedale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pagedale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pagedale 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.
Pagedale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pagedale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pagedale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pagedale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pagedale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pagedale 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.