Best PlacesTimes Beach, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Times Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Times Beach ranks 3,224th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Times Beach
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.
Times Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Times Beach ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$196,523 median, better than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Times Beach ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,091 a month, better than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Times Beach
A household needs to earn about $197,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Times Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $196,523; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Times Beach's effective rate of 1.18%, 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 Times Beach
Times Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Times Beach.
Who works in Times Beach, and how
Work in Times Beach centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Times Beach
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Times Beach.
What the weather is like in Times Beach, month by month
Times Beach sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Times Beach
St Louis Lambert International sits about 19 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 Times Beach
Schools across Times Beach average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Geggie Elem.A− · 56% proficient
- Kellison Elem.B · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lasalle Springs MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Rockwood South MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Eureka Sr. HighB · 50% proficient
- Rockwood Summit Sr. HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Times Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Times Beach 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 Times Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Times Beach
Is Times Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Times Beach ranks 3,224th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Times Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $717,647. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $196,523 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Times Beach safe?
Times Beach is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $421 per resident a year.
Compare Times Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Times Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Times Beach 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.
Times Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Times Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Times Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Times Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Times Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Times Beach 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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