Best PlacesTinkerville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tinkerville, 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.
Tinkerville ranks 44,004th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tinkerville
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.
Tinkerville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tinkerville ranks high
- Cheap childcare$360 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 79% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Tinkerville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 11% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tinkerville
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tinkerville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,591, 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 Tinkerville's effective rate of 0.73%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tinkerville
Tinkerville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tinkerville.
Who works in Tinkerville, and how
Work in Tinkerville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Tinkerville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tinkerville.
What the weather is like in Tinkerville, month by month
Tinkerville sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 82° | 73° |
| October | 76° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Tinkerville
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 73 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 82 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tinkerville
Schools across Tinkerville average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Senath-hornersville Elem SchB · 48% proficient
- South Elem.C · 34% proficient
- Holcomb Elem.C− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Senath-hornersville Middle SchD+ · 24% proficient
- Kennett MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Delta C-7 HighB− · 40% proficient
- Kennett HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Holcomb HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tinkerville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tinkerville 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 Tinkerville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tinkerville
Is Tinkerville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tinkerville ranks 44,004th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a stable housing market, and biking, and lowest on health outcomes and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tinkerville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $104,646. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $54,591 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Tinkerville safe?
Tinkerville is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $458 per resident a year.
Compare Tinkerville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tinkerville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tinkerville 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.
Tinkerville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tinkerville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tinkerville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tinkerville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tinkerville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tinkerville 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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