Best PlacesPrathersville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prathersville, 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.
Prathersville ranks 10,437th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prathersville
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.
Prathersville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prathersville ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute19.5 minutes each way, better than 89% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$98,414 median, better than 84% of towns
Where Prathersville ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prathersville
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prathersville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $98,414, 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 Prathersville's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 Prathersville
Prathersville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Prathersville.
Who works in Prathersville, and how
Work in Prathersville centers on health care & social and other services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Prathersville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prathersville.
What the weather is like in Prathersville, month by month
Prathersville sees roughly 107 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 Prathersville
Kansas City International sits about 24 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 Prathersville
Schools across Prathersville average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Epic ElementaryA+ · 85% proficient
- Lewis ElementaryC+ · 35% proficient
- Cornerstone ElementaryC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heritage Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Excelsior Springs MiddleC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty North High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Excelsior Springs HighC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prathersville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prathersville 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 Prathersville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prathersville
Is Prathersville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prathersville ranks 10,437th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, short commutes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prathersville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $357,932. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $98,414 median income, cost of living beats 88% of towns.
Is Prathersville safe?
Prathersville is safer than 37% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Prathersville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prathersville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prathersville 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.
Prathersville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prathersville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prathersville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prathersville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prathersville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prathersville 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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