Best PlacesRives, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rives, 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.
Rives ranks 44,010th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rives
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.
Rives' strengths and weaknesses
Where Rives ranks high
- Cheap childcare$360 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute22.8 minutes each way, better than 76% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- BikingBetter than 70% of towns
Where Rives ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rives
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rives home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,143, 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 Rives' effective rate of 0.69%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rives
Rives 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 Rives.
Who works in Rives, and how
Work in Rives centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Rives
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rives.
What the weather is like in Rives, month by month
Rives sees roughly 83 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 Rives
The nearest airport, McKellar-Sipes Regional, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 73 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rives
Schools across Rives average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Senath-hornersville Elem SchB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Senath-hornersville Middle SchD+ · 24% proficient
Top high schools
- Senath-hornersville High SchooD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rives school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rives 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 Rives against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rives
Is Rives a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rives ranks 44,010th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and short commutes, and lowest on a weak job market and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rives expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $177,800. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $52,143 median income, cost of living beats 16% of towns.
Is Rives safe?
Yes, Rives is safer than 63% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare Rives with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rives. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rives 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.
Rives detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rives: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rives: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rives: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rives: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rives 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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