Best PlacesWeldon Spring, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weldon Spring, 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.
Weldon Spring ranks 1,437th 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 Weldon Spring
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.
Weldon Spring's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weldon Spring ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$157,865 median, better than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Weldon Spring ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 21% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 24% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 30% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weldon Spring
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weldon Spring home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $157,865, 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 Weldon Spring's effective rate of 1.02%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Weldon Spring
Weldon Spring runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Weldon Spring.
Who works in Weldon Spring, and how
Work in Weldon Spring 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 73%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Weldon Spring
Weldon Spring has more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Weldon Spring and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Weldon Spring, month by month
Weldon Spring sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 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 | 70° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Weldon Spring
St Louis Lambert International sits about 15 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 Weldon Spring
Schools across Weldon Spring average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Independence Elem.A · 66% proficient
- Warren Elem.A · 64% proficient
- John Weldon Elem.A · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Francis Howell MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Saeger MiddleA− · 58% proficient
- Bryan MiddleA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Francis Howell HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Francis Howell Central HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weldon Spring school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weldon Spring 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 Weldon Spring against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weldon Spring
Is Weldon Spring a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weldon Spring ranks 1,437th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and health care access, 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 Weldon Spring expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $475,999. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $157,865 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Weldon Spring safe?
Yes, Weldon Spring is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $298 per resident a year.
Compare Weldon Spring with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weldon Spring. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weldon Spring 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.
Weldon Spring detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weldon Spring: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weldon Spring: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weldon Spring: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weldon Spring: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weldon Spring 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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