Best PlacesWall Street, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wall Street, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wall Street ranks 28,063rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wall Street
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.
Wall Street's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wall Street ranks high
- Cheap childcare$370 a month, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 71% of towns
Where Wall Street ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wall Street
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wall Street home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $71,876, 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 Wall Street's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wall Street
Wall Street'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 Wall Street.
Who works in Wall Street, and how
Work in Wall Street centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Wall Street
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wall Street.
What the weather is like in Wall Street, month by month
Wall Street sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Wall Street
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 153 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wall Street
Schools across Wall Street average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ezard Elem.B+ · 53% proficient
- Mallory Elem.C− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Buffalo MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Conway High SchoolsD+ · 25% proficient
- Buffalo HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wall Street school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wall Street 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 Wall Street against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wall Street
Is Wall Street a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wall Street ranks 28,063rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wall Street expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $206,450. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $71,876 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Wall Street safe?
Yes, Wall Street is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $291 per resident a year.
Compare Wall Street with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wall Street. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wall Street 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.
Wall Street detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wall Street: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wall Street: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wall Street: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wall Street: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wall Street 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.