Best PlacesWarson Woods, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warson Woods, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Warson Woods ranks 417th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Warson Woods
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.
Warson Woods' strengths and weaknesses
Where Warson Woods ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$207,872 median, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
Where Warson Woods ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,131 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warson Woods
A household needs to earn about $193,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warson Woods home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $207,872, 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 Warson Woods' effective rate of 0.89%, 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 Warson Woods
Warson Woods runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warson Woods.
Who works in Warson Woods, and how
Work in Warson Woods centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Warson Woods
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Warson Woods.
What the weather is like in Warson Woods, month by month
Warson Woods 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 Warson Woods
St Louis Lambert International sits about 10 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 Warson Woods
Schools across Warson Woods average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Conway ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- North Glendale Elem.A · 64% proficient
- F. P. Tillman Elem.A− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ladue Fifth Grade CenterA · 64% proficient
- North Kirkwood MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Hixson MiddleA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Kirkwood Sr. HighA · 71% proficient
- Ladue Horton Watkins HighA · 68% proficient
- Webster Groves HighB+ · 57% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warson Woods school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warson Woods 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 Warson Woods against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warson Woods
Is Warson Woods a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warson Woods ranks 417th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warson Woods expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $730,388. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $207,872 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Warson Woods safe?
Warson Woods is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $459 per resident a year.
Compare Warson Woods with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warson Woods. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warson Woods 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.
Warson Woods detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warson Woods: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warson Woods: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warson Woods: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warson Woods: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warson Woods 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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