Best PlacesWentzville, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wentzville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wentzville ranks 769th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wentzville
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.
Wentzville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wentzville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 88% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 86% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 83% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 83% of cities
Where Wentzville ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 7% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 10% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 13% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wentzville
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wentzville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $112,230, 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 Wentzville's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 Wentzville
Wentzville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wentzville.
Who works in Wentzville, and how
Work in Wentzville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wentzville
Wentzville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wentzville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wentzville, month by month
Wentzville sees roughly 70 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 Wentzville
St Louis Lambert International sits about 27 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 Wentzville
Schools across Wentzville average a B, better than 61% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mount Hope Elem.A− · 62% proficient
- Daniel Boone Elem.A− · 61% proficient
- Flint Hill ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Francis Howell MiddleA · 63% proficient
- Ft. Zumwalt North MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Frontier MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Ft. Zumwalt West HighA− · 63% proficient
- Francis Howell HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Liberty High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wentzville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wentzville 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 Wentzville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wentzville suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 83% of cities and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wentzville
Is Wentzville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wentzville ranks 769th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, a strong job market, and civic engagement, and lowest on walkability and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wentzville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $348,883. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $112,230 median income, cost of living beats 83% of cities.
Is Wentzville safe?
Yes, Wentzville is safer than 83% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $266 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wentzville?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 24. That works out to about 70 pleasant days a year, more than 26% of cities.
Is Wentzville good for families?
Schools beat 61% of cities, crime safety beats 83%, and childcare runs $887 a month.
Compare Wentzville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wentzville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wentzville 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.
Wentzville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wentzville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wentzville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wentzville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wentzville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wentzville 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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