Best PlacesSkinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Skinker-Debaliviere, 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.
Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis ranks 3,471st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis
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Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis' strengths and weaknesses
Where Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Short commute17.0 minutes each way, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,651, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis' effective rate of 1.11%, 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 Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis
Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis runs younger 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 Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis.
Who works in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis, and how
Work in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis
Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis, month by month
Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis
St Louis Lambert International sits about 8 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 Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis
Schools across Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis average an F, better than 4% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ralph M. Captain Elem.A · 67% proficient
- Hamilton Elem. Community Ed.F · 5% proficient
- Nahed Chapman New American AcaF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wydown MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Acad Of Entre Stdy@louvertureF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Clayton HighA− · 66% proficient
- Carnahan Sch. Of The FutureF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Skinker-Debaliviere, 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 Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis
Is Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis ranks 3,471st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, short commutes, and population health, and lowest on crime and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $408,893. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $72,651 median income, cost of living beats 66% of neighborhoods.
Is Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis safe?
Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis is safer than 4% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,287 per resident a year.
Compare Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Skinker-Debaliviere, 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.
Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Skinker-Debaliviere, St. Louis: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Skinker-Debaliviere, 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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