Best PlacesUmber, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Umber, 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.
Umber ranks 28,836th 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 Umber
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.
Umber's strengths and weaknesses
Where Umber ranks high
- Cheap childcare$353 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
- Short commute22.3 minutes each way, better than 78% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Umber ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Umber
A household needs to earn about $48,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Umber home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,917, 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 Umber's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 Umber
Umber 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 Umber.
Who works in Umber, and how
Work in Umber centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Umber
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Umber.
What the weather is like in Umber, month by month
Umber sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Umber
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Umber
Schools across Umber average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stockton Elem.B+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stockton MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Stockton HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Umber school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Umber 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 Umber against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Umber
Is Umber a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Umber ranks 28,836th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and fast internet, and lowest on the weather and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Umber expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $190,424. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $68,917 median income, cost of living beats 54% of towns.
Is Umber safe?
Umber is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $357 per resident a year.
Compare Umber with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Umber. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Umber 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.
Umber detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Umber: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Umber: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Umber: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Umber: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Umber 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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