Best PlacesShamrock, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shamrock, 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.
Shamrock ranks 34,390th 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 Shamrock
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.
Shamrock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Shamrock ranks high
- Cheap childcare$480 a month, better than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 73% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 69% of towns
Where Shamrock ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shamrock
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shamrock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,568, 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 Shamrock's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Shamrock
Shamrock runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shamrock.
Who works in Shamrock, and how
Work in Shamrock centers on other services and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Shamrock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shamrock.
What the weather is like in Shamrock, month by month
Shamrock 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 Shamrock
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shamrock
Schools across Shamrock average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Community Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Eugene Field Elem.C+ · 39% proficient
- Hatton-mccredie Elem.C+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mexico MiddleC · 34% proficient
- North Callaway Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- North Callaway HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Mexico HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shamrock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shamrock 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 Shamrock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shamrock
Is Shamrock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shamrock ranks 34,390th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, civic engagement, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shamrock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $175,856. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $75,568 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Shamrock safe?
Shamrock is safer than 23% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
Compare Shamrock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shamrock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shamrock 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.
Shamrock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shamrock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shamrock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shamrock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shamrock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shamrock 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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