Best PlacesSedgewickville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sedgewickville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sedgewickville ranks 34,145th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sedgewickville
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.
Sedgewickville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sedgewickville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$404 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Sedgewickville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sedgewickville
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sedgewickville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,470, 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 Sedgewickville's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sedgewickville
Sedgewickville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sedgewickville.
Who works in Sedgewickville, and how
Work in Sedgewickville centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sedgewickville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sedgewickville.
What the weather is like in Sedgewickville, month by month
Sedgewickville sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 70° | 58° | 48° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Sedgewickville
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sedgewickville
Schools across Sedgewickville average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Meadow Heights Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
- Perryville Elem.C · 33% proficient
- Woodland Elem.C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodland MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Perry Co. MiddleC · 33% proficient
- Meadow Heights Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Perryville Sr. HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Oak Ridge HighC · 32% proficient
- Woodland HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sedgewickville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sedgewickville 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 Sedgewickville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sedgewickville
Is Sedgewickville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sedgewickville ranks 34,145th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sedgewickville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,969. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $66,470 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Sedgewickville safe?
Sedgewickville is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare Sedgewickville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sedgewickville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sedgewickville 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.
Sedgewickville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sedgewickville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sedgewickville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sedgewickville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sedgewickville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sedgewickville 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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