Best PlacesUmber View Heights, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Umber View Heights, 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.
Umber View Heights ranks 38,379th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Umber View Heights
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 View Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Umber View Heights ranks high
- Cheap childcare$355 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 86% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 84% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
Where Umber View Heights ranks low
- Household income$36,678 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 61 pleasant days a year, better than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Umber View Heights
A household needs to earn about $52,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Umber View Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $36,678, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 View Heights' effective rate of 0.64%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Umber View Heights
Umber View Heights runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Umber View Heights.
Who works in Umber View Heights, and how
Work in Umber View Heights centers on other services and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Umber View Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Umber View Heights.
What the weather is like in Umber View Heights, month by month
Umber View Heights 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 View Heights
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 126 miles away.
The best schools in and around Umber View Heights
Schools across Umber View Heights average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stockton Elem.B+ · 55% proficient
- Greenfield Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stockton MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Stockton HighB · 47% proficient
- Greenfield HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Umber View Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Umber View Heights 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 View Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Umber View Heights
Is Umber View Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Umber View Heights ranks 38,379th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and low crime, and lowest on low incomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Umber View Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,698. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $36,678 median income, cost of living beats 6% of towns.
Is Umber View Heights safe?
Yes, Umber View Heights is safer than 86% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Umber View Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Umber View Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Umber View Heights 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 View Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Umber View Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Umber View Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Umber View Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Umber View Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Umber View Heights 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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