Best PlacesTarrants, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tarrants, 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.
Tarrants ranks 33,971st 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 Tarrants
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.
Tarrants' strengths and weaknesses
Where Tarrants ranks high
- Cheap childcare$408 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Short commute23.8 minutes each way, better than 70% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 66% of towns
Where Tarrants ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 54 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tarrants
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tarrants home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,776, 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 Tarrants' effective rate of 0.62%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tarrants
Tarrants's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tarrants.
Who works in Tarrants, and how
Work in Tarrants centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tarrants
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tarrants.
What the weather is like in Tarrants, month by month
Tarrants sees roughly 54 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Tarrants
The nearest airport, Quincy Regional-Baldwin Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 63 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tarrants
Schools across Tarrants average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Frankford Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
- Bowling Green Elem.B · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bowling Green MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Bowling Green HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tarrants school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tarrants 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 Tarrants against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tarrants
Is Tarrants a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tarrants ranks 33,971st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, fast internet, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tarrants expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $228,207. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $74,776 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Tarrants safe?
Tarrants is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $424 per resident a year.
Compare Tarrants with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tarrants. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tarrants 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.
Tarrants detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tarrants: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tarrants: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tarrants: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tarrants: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tarrants 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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