Best PlacesValley View, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Valley View, 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.
Valley View ranks 43,719th 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 Valley View
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.
Valley View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Valley View ranks high
- Cheap childcare$381 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 88% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
Where Valley View ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Valley View
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Valley View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,961, 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 Valley View's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Valley View
Valley View 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 Valley View.
Who works in Valley View, and how
Work in Valley View centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Valley View
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Valley View.
What the weather is like in Valley View, month by month
Valley View sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 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 | 68° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Valley View
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 100 miles away.
The best schools in and around Valley View
Schools across Valley View average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Osceola Elem.B · 50% proficient
- Lakeland Elem.C · 33% proficient
- North ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- John Boise Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Osceola Jr.-sr. HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Warsaw High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Lakeland HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Valley View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Valley View 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 Valley View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Valley View
Is Valley View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Valley View ranks 43,719th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, low property taxes, and tree cover, 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 Valley View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $165,889. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $50,961 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Valley View safe?
Valley View is safer than 42% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 per resident a year.
Compare Valley View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Valley View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Valley View 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.
Valley View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Valley View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Valley View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Valley View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Valley View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Valley View 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.