Best PlacesTown and Country, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Town and Country, 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.
Town and Country ranks 1,659th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Town and Country
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.
Town and Country's strengths and weaknesses
Where Town and Country ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$193,265 median, better than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
Where Town and Country ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,131 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Town and Country
A household needs to earn about $206,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Town and Country home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $193,265; 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 Town and Country's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 Town and Country
Town and Country runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Town and Country.
Who works in Town and Country, and how
Work in Town and Country centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Town and Country
Town and Country has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Town and Country and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Town and Country, month by month
Town and Country sees roughly 66 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 Town and Country
St Louis Lambert International sits about 10 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 Town and Country
Schools across Town and Country average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conway ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Shenandoah Valley Elem.A · 66% proficient
- Mason Ridge Elem.A · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ladue Fifth Grade CenterA · 64% proficient
- North Kirkwood MiddleA · 63% proficient
- West MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- Kirkwood Sr. HighA · 71% proficient
- Ladue Horton Watkins HighA · 68% proficient
- West HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Town and Country school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Town and Country 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 Town and Country against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Town and Country
Is Town and Country a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Town and Country ranks 1,659th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 Town and Country expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $764,428. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $193,265 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Town and Country safe?
Town and Country is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $431 per resident a year.
Compare Town and Country with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Town and Country. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Town and Country 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.
Town and Country detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Town and Country: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Town and Country: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Town and Country: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Town and Country: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Town and Country 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.