Best PlacesRushville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rushville, 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.
Rushville ranks 27,166th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rushville
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.
Rushville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rushville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$470 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 79% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 74% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Rushville ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 16% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 23% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rushville
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rushville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,486, 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 Rushville's effective rate of 0.67%, 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 Rushville
Rushville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rushville.
Who works in Rushville, and how
Work in Rushville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rushville
Rushville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Rushville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rushville, month by month
Rushville sees roughly 90 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rushville
Kansas City International sits about 25 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 Rushville
Schools across Rushville average a C−, better than 23% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Elem.A− · 57% proficient
- North Platte IntermediateB− · 40% proficient
- Rushville Elem.C · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- West Platte HighB · 50% proficient
- Dekalb Jr.-sr. HighD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rushville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rushville 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 Rushville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rushville
Is Rushville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rushville ranks 27,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low crime, and what local pay buys, and lowest on internet speeds and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rushville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,136. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $83,486 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Rushville safe?
Yes, Rushville is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
Compare Rushville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rushville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rushville 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.
Rushville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rushville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rushville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rushville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rushville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rushville 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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