Best PlacesVinita Terrace, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vinita Terrace, 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.
Vinita Terrace ranks 45,811th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Vinita Terrace
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.
Vinita Terrace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vinita Terrace ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
Where Vinita Terrace ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vinita Terrace
A household needs to earn about $28,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vinita Terrace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $52,507, 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 Vinita Terrace's effective rate of 1.37%, 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 Vinita Terrace
Vinita Terrace's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Vinita Terrace.
Who works in Vinita Terrace, and how
Work in Vinita Terrace centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Vinita Terrace
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Vinita Terrace.
What the weather is like in Vinita Terrace, month by month
Vinita Terrace 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 Vinita Terrace
St Louis Lambert International sits about 5 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 Vinita Terrace
Schools across Vinita Terrace average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barbara Jordan Elem.F · 10% proficient
- Washington Elem.F · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brittany WoodsD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- University City Sr. HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vinita Terrace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vinita Terrace 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 Vinita Terrace against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vinita Terrace
Is Vinita Terrace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vinita Terrace ranks 45,811th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vinita Terrace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $97,912. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $52,507 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Vinita Terrace safe?
Vinita Terrace is safer than 1% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,141 per resident a year.
Compare Vinita Terrace with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vinita Terrace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vinita Terrace 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.
Vinita Terrace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vinita Terrace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vinita Terrace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vinita Terrace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vinita Terrace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vinita Terrace 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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