Best PlacesSage Hill, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sage 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.
Sage Hill ranks 40,047th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sage 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.
Sage Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sage Hill ranks high
- Cheap childcare$414 a month, better than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Short commute24.2 minutes each way, better than 68% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 62% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 61% of towns
Where Sage Hill ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sage Hill
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sage Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,524, 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 Sage Hill's effective rate of 0.63%, 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 Sage Hill
Sage Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sage Hill.
Who works in Sage Hill, and how
Work in Sage Hill centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sage Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sage Hill.
What the weather is like in Sage Hill, month by month
Sage Hill sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Sage Hill
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 174 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sage Hill
Schools across Sage Hill average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Marionville ElemB+ · 52% proficient
- Crane Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
- Robinson SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marionville MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Marionville HighB · 50% proficient
- Aurora HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Crane HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sage Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sage 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 Sage Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sage Hill
Is Sage Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sage Hill ranks 40,047th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on health outcomes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sage Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $244,267. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $62,524 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Sage Hill safe?
Sage Hill is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $353 per resident a year.
Compare Sage Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sage Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sage 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.
Sage Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sage Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sage Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sage Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sage Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sage 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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