Best PlacesPost Oak, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Post Oak, 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.
Post Oak ranks 24,498th 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 Post Oak
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.
Post Oak's strengths and weaknesses
Where Post Oak ranks high
- Cheap childcare$451 a month, better than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 84% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 82% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 78% of towns
- Household income$87,847 median, better than 74% of towns
Where Post Oak ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Post Oak
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Post Oak home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,847, 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 Post Oak's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Post Oak
Post Oak'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 Post Oak.
Who works in Post Oak, and how
Work in Post Oak centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Post Oak
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Post Oak.
What the weather is like in Post Oak, month by month
Post Oak sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Post Oak
Kansas City International sits about 72 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 Post Oak
Schools across Post Oak average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shawnee Elem.C · 35% proficient
- Leeton Elem.C− · 27% proficient
- Chilhowee Elem.D · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Leeton MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Leeton HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Windsor HighC− · 30% proficient
- Chilhowee HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Post Oak school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Post Oak 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 Post Oak against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Post Oak
Is Post Oak a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Post Oak ranks 24,498th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low disaster risk, and cell coverage, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Post Oak expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,866. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $87,847 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Post Oak safe?
Post Oak is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $540 per resident a year.
Compare Post Oak with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Post Oak. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Post Oak 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.
Post Oak detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Post Oak: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Post Oak: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Post Oak: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Post Oak: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Post Oak 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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