Best PlacesWeatherby Lake, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weatherby Lake, 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.
Weatherby Lake ranks 554th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Weatherby Lake
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.
Weatherby Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weatherby Lake ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where Weatherby Lake ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 36% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 38% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weatherby Lake
A household needs to earn about $130,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weatherby Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $147,145, 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 Weatherby Lake's effective rate of 1.13%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Weatherby Lake
Weatherby Lake runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Weatherby Lake.
Who works in Weatherby Lake, and how
Work in Weatherby Lake 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 74%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Weatherby Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Weatherby Lake.
What the weather is like in Weatherby Lake, month by month
Weatherby Lake sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Weatherby Lake
Kansas City International sits about 4 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.7 million passengers in 2025, with 104 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Weatherby Lake
Schools across Weatherby Lake average an A−, better than 83% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hawthorn Elem.A · 65% proficient
- Graden Elem.A− · 62% proficient
- Prairie Point Elem.B+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lakeview MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Congress MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Park Hill South HighA− · 67% proficient
- Park Hill HighA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weatherby Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weatherby Lake 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 Weatherby Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weatherby Lake
Is Weatherby Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weatherby Lake ranks 554th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, fast internet, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weatherby Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $474,601. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $147,145 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Weatherby Lake safe?
Yes, Weatherby Lake is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $218 per resident a year.
Compare Weatherby Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weatherby Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weatherby Lake 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.
Weatherby Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weatherby Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weatherby Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weatherby Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weatherby Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weatherby Lake 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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