Best PlacesPoint Pleasant, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Point Pleasant, 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.
Point Pleasant ranks 49,746th 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 Point Pleasant
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.
Point Pleasant's strengths and weaknesses
Where Point Pleasant ranks high
- Cheap childcare$353 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 71% of towns
Where Point Pleasant ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Household income$46,495 median, better than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Point Pleasant
A household needs to earn about $26,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Point Pleasant home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $46,495, 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 Point Pleasant's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant.
Who works in Point Pleasant, and how
Work in Point Pleasant centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Point Pleasant
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Point Pleasant.
What the weather is like in Point Pleasant, month by month
Point Pleasant sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Point Pleasant
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 55 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 98 miles away.
The best schools in and around Point Pleasant
Schools across Point Pleasant average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Portageville Elem.B− · 42% proficient
- New Madrid ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Ross Elem.D− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Risco HighC− · 27% proficient
- Central High SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Hayti HighF · 8% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Point Pleasant school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Point Pleasant
Is Point Pleasant a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Point Pleasant ranks 49,746th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, clean air, and a stable housing market, and lowest on crime and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Point Pleasant expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $101,678. The overall cost of living runs about 27% below the national average. Set against a $46,495 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Point Pleasant safe?
Point Pleasant is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,200 per resident a year.
Compare Point Pleasant with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Point Pleasant. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Point Pleasant 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.
Point Pleasant detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Point Pleasant: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Point Pleasant: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Point Pleasant: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Point Pleasant: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Point Pleasant 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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