Best PlacesStoutsville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Stoutsville, 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.
Stoutsville ranks 41,946th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Stoutsville
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.
Stoutsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Stoutsville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$390 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 67% of towns
Where Stoutsville ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute33.6 minutes each way, better than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 22% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Stoutsville
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stoutsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,268, 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 Stoutsville's effective rate of 0.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Stoutsville
Stoutsville 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 Stoutsville.
Who works in Stoutsville, and how
Work in Stoutsville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Stoutsville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Stoutsville.
What the weather is like in Stoutsville, month by month
Stoutsville sees roughly 92 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 Stoutsville
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 46 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 95 miles away.
The best schools in and around Stoutsville
Schools across Stoutsville average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monroe City Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Ralls County ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Paris Elem.C · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Monroe City MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Mark Twain Jr. HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Paris Jr. HighD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Monroe City R-i HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Paris HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Mark Twain Sr. HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Stoutsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Stoutsville 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 Stoutsville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Stoutsville
Is Stoutsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stoutsville ranks 41,946th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and low disaster risk, and lowest on crime and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Stoutsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,861. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $76,268 median income, cost of living beats 67% of towns.
Is Stoutsville safe?
Stoutsville is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,151 per resident a year.
Compare Stoutsville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stoutsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stoutsville 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.
Stoutsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Stoutsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Stoutsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Stoutsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Stoutsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Stoutsville 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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