St. Louis Neighborhoods Ranked by Schools and Value (2026)
By Sharon Ben-Moshe · August 10, 2026
Every scored St. Louis city ZIP code falls below 50 on NeighborScore's overall composite, led by 63139 at 44. See the full ranking and why schools and affordability — not crime — separate one St. Louis ZIP from another.
Every scored ZIP code within the city of St. Louis carries a NeighborScore overall composite below 50 — NeighborScore's "Below Average" band — led by 63139 at 44/100. According to FBI Uniform Crime Reporting data, the reason is a citywide crime score of 25/100 that applies to every St. Louis ZIP code alike, well below Missouri's 66 statewide average. Here's how the city's ZIP codes rank, and what actually separates one from another.
Why Every St. Louis ZIP Shares the Same Crime Score
St. Louis is an independent city, not part of any Missouri county, and it doesn't currently have ZIP-level incident data or municipal-agency mapping in NeighborScore's dataset. That puts every St. Louis ZIP code at the county tier of NeighborScore's four-tier crime cascade — one city-wide FBI Uniform Crime Reporting figure, applied identically regardless of neighborhood. That figure, 25/100, sits 41 points below Missouri's 66 state average and 38 points below the 63 national average.
St. Louis Neighborhoods Ranked by Overall Score
- 63139 (Southampton): overall 44, school 66, value 50
- 63103 (Midtown): overall 41, school 58, value 76
- 63109 (South Hampton/Lindenwood Park): overall 37, school 50, value 44
- 63102 (Downtown): overall 37, school 51, value 75
- 63108 (Central West End): overall 37, school 51, value 41
- 63101 (Downtown): overall 37, school 51, value 59
Schools and Affordability Are the Real Differentiators
With crime fixed across the city, school score and value score do all the work of separating one St. Louis ZIP from another. 63139 leads on schools at 66, ten points above the next-closest ZIP in this ranking. On affordability, 63103 (Midtown) posts the highest value score at 76 — meaning it's priced well below the Missouri state median — despite ranking second overall, since its school score of 58 trails 63139's 66. No ZIP in this sample combines a top school score with a top value score, so the "best" St. Louis ZIP depends on which factor matters more to a given buyer.
Bottom Line
63139 (Southampton) posts the city of St. Louis's highest overall NeighborScore at 44, but every scored city ZIP falls in the "Below Average" band once the citywide 25/100 crime score is factored in. School score, ranging from 49 to 66 across the ZIPs above, is the strongest differentiator. See the full scoring methodology or compare against Chicago neighborhoods for a metro where crime does vary by ZIP.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does every St. Louis ZIP code fall in the "Below Average" band?
St. Louis is an independent city with no ZIP-level incident data or municipal-agency mapping, so every ZIP falls to the county tier of NeighborScore’s crime cascade — a single citywide FBI score of 25/100, 41 points below Missouri’s 66 state average.
Which St. Louis ZIP code has the highest overall NeighborScore?
63139 (Southampton) leads at 44/100, driven by the highest school score in this sample (66) combined with the citywide 25 crime score.
Which St. Louis ZIP code is most affordable?
63103 (Midtown) has the highest value score in this sample at 76, meaning it’s priced well below the Missouri state median, despite a mid-pack school score of 58.
What separates one St. Louis ZIP code from another if crime is fixed citywide?
School score and value score do all the differentiating. School scores range from 49 to 66 and value scores from 41 to 76 across the ranked ZIPs, since the crime input is identical everywhere.