Best PlacesSaint Louis Hills, St. Louis, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis, 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.
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis ranks 3,817th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis
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.
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
Where Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $86,822; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis' effective rate of 1.14%, 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 Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis 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 Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis.
Who works in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis, and how
Work in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis has more parkland per resident than 93% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis, month by month
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 33° | 26° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 72° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis
St Louis Lambert International sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 7.5 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis
Schools across Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis average an F, better than 1% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Nahed Chapman New American AcaF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- Busch Ms Character AthleticsF · 9% proficient
- Acad Of Entre Stdy@louvertureF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Community Access Job TrainingF · 5% proficient
- Carnahan Sch. Of The FutureF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis 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 Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis
Is Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis ranks 3,817th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, health care access, and a strong job market, and lowest on the schools and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,633. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $86,822 median income, cost of living beats 79% of neighborhoods.
Is Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis safe?
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $978 per resident a year.
Compare Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis 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.
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Saint Louis Hills, St. Louis 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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