Best PlacesStony Hill, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stony 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.
Stony Hill ranks 30,427th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Stony 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.
Stony Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stony Hill ranks high
- Cheap childcare$496 a month, better than 93% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 73% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 70% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 67% of towns
Where Stony Hill ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stony Hill
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stony Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,313, 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 Stony Hill's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 Stony Hill
Stony Hill 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 Stony Hill.
Who works in Stony Hill, and how
Work in Stony Hill centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Stony Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stony Hill.
What the weather is like in Stony Hill, month by month
Stony Hill sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Stony Hill
The nearest airport, Columbia Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 56 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stony Hill
Schools across Stony Hill average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Franklin Co. Elem.A− · 60% proficient
- Gerald Elem.B · 45% proficient
- Hermann Elem.C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hermann MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Owensville MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Hermann HighB · 47% proficient
- New Haven HighB− · 45% proficient
- Owensville HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stony Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stony 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 Stony Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stony Hill
Is Stony Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stony Hill ranks 30,427th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low disaster risk, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stony Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $240,982. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $63,313 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Stony Hill safe?
Stony Hill is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $338 per resident a year.
Compare Stony Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stony Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stony 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.
Stony Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stony Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stony Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stony Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stony Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stony 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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