Best PlacesWishart, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wishart, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wishart ranks 39,983rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wishart
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.
Wishart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wishart ranks high
- Cheap childcare$414 a month, better than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 74% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 73% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 61% of towns
Where Wishart ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wishart
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wishart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,014, 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 Wishart's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Wishart
Wishart runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wishart.
Who works in Wishart, and how
Work in Wishart centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Wishart
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wishart.
What the weather is like in Wishart, month by month
Wishart sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 34° | 23° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 92° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 74° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wishart
The nearest airport, Springfield-Branson Ntl, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Kansas City International, about 139 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wishart
Schools across Wishart average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bolivar Intermediate Sch.B− · 42% proficient
- Marion C. Early Elem.C · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bolivar MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Marion C. Early Junior HighC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Marion C. Early HighB · 47% proficient
- Bolivar HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wishart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wishart 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 Wishart against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wishart
Is Wishart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wishart ranks 39,983rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, few empty homes, and low property taxes, and lowest on biking and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wishart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $204,302. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $60,014 median income, cost of living beats 33% of towns.
Is Wishart safe?
Wishart is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $409 per resident a year.
Compare Wishart with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wishart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wishart 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.
Wishart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wishart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wishart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wishart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wishart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wishart 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.