Best PlacesUnity Village, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Unity Village, 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.
Unity Village ranks 21,745th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Unity Village
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.
Unity Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Unity Village ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 84% of towns
Where Unity Village ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Unity Village
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Unity Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,258, 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 Unity Village's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 Unity Village
Unity Village runs younger 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 Unity Village.
Who works in Unity Village, and how
Work in Unity Village centers on health care & social and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Unity Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Unity Village.
What the weather is like in Unity Village, month by month
Unity Village sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 24° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Unity Village
Kansas City International sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Unity Village
Schools across Unity Village average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hazel Grove Elem.B · 47% proficient
- Westview Elem.C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bernard C. Campbell MiddleB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Lee's Summit North HighB · 49% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Unity Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Unity Village 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 Unity Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Unity Village
Is Unity Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Unity Village ranks 21,745th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, few empty homes, and transit, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Unity Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $459,300. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $88,258 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Unity Village safe?
Unity Village is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $629 per resident a year.
Compare Unity Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Unity Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Unity Village 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.
Unity Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Unity Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Unity Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Unity Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Unity Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Unity Village 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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