Best PlacesRush Hill, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rush Hill, 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.
Rush Hill ranks 30,668th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rush Hill
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.
Rush Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rush Hill ranks high
- Cheap childcare$399 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Short commute21.6 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Rush Hill ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rush Hill
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rush Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,973, 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 Rush Hill'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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Rush Hill
Rush Hill 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 Rush Hill.
Who works in Rush Hill, and how
Work in Rush Hill centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Rush Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rush Hill.
What the weather is like in Rush Hill, month by month
Rush Hill sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 43° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Rush Hill
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 80 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rush Hill
Schools across Rush Hill average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Community Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Wellsville-middletown Elem.C− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mexico MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Paris HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Van-far Jr./sr. HighC · 32% proficient
- Wellsville-middletown HsC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rush Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rush Hill 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 Rush Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rush Hill
Is Rush Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rush Hill ranks 30,668th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rush Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $162,330. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $81,973 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Rush Hill safe?
Rush Hill is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $604 per resident a year.
Compare Rush Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rush Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rush Hill 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.
Rush Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rush Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rush Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rush Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rush Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rush Hill 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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