Best PlacesUplands Park, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Uplands Park, 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.
Uplands Park ranks 50,186th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Uplands Park
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.
Uplands Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Uplands Park ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of towns
Where Uplands Park ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$28,353 median, better than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Uplands Park
A household needs to earn about $21,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uplands Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $28,353, 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 Uplands Park's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Uplands Park
Uplands Park runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Uplands Park.
Who works in Uplands Park, and how
Work in Uplands Park centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Uplands Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Uplands Park.
What the weather is like in Uplands Park, month by month
Uplands Park sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 33° | 24° |
| April | 72° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Uplands Park
St Louis Lambert International sits about 6 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 Uplands Park
Schools across Uplands Park average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barack Obama Elementary SchoolF · 5% proficient
Top high schools
- Normandy HighF · 7% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Uplands Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uplands Park 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 Uplands Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Uplands Park
Is Uplands Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uplands Park ranks 50,186th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Uplands Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $71,810. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $28,353 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Uplands Park safe?
Uplands Park is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,535 per resident a year.
Compare Uplands Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uplands Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uplands Park 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.
Uplands Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uplands Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uplands Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uplands Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uplands Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uplands Park 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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