Best PlacesTiff, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tiff, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tiff ranks 37,493rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tiff
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.
Tiff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tiff ranks high
- Cheap childcare$370 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 82% of towns
Where Tiff ranks low
- Short commute53.4 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tiff
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tiff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,149, 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 Tiff's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Tiff
Tiff runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tiff.
Who works in Tiff, and how
Work in Tiff centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 92%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tiff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tiff.
What the weather is like in Tiff, month by month
Tiff sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Tiff
St Louis Lambert International sits about 53 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 Tiff
Schools across Tiff average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Potosi Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
- Vineland Elem.B · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Trojan IntermediateB+ · 51% proficient
- Desoto Jr. HighC+ · 36% proficient
- Kingston MiddleC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Desoto Sr. HighB− · 41% proficient
- Potosi HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Kingston HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tiff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tiff 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 Tiff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tiff
Is Tiff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tiff ranks 37,493rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, tree cover, and civic engagement, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tiff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $130,342. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $89,149 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Tiff safe?
Tiff is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $478 per resident a year.
Compare Tiff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tiff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tiff 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.
Tiff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tiff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tiff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tiff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tiff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tiff 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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