Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Holts SummitNot graded BPeculiarSafer than 56% of U.S. towns

Schools

CHolts SummitBetter than 28% of districts in the state B+PeculiarBetter than 68% of districts in the state

Health

B−Holts SummitHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns BPeculiarHealthier than 60% of U.S. towns

9Holts Summit

8Peculiar

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #206#8 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #188#84 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #85#18 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #45#116 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #146#215 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #168#99 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #159#207 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #169#210

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Holts Summit’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Peculiar

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Holts Summit$1,770/mo

Typical home $291K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.99% · or rent about $1,122/mo · Housing →

Peculiar$2,210/mo

Typical home $361K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $1,275/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Peculiar and Holts Summit.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Holts SummitPeculiar

Snow a year9″17″

January low21°F 21°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)205d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 54th

Outdoors & history

Holts SummitPeculiar

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.7%1.3%

Settled—1868

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here—5

Community

Holts SummitPeculiar

Library hours a week51 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

127 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Holts SummitMO PeculiarMO

Holts Summit ↔ Peculiar127 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

Holts SummitPeculiar

People

Population 4,609Lowest 5,958Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +37.3%Highest MO: +2.8% +22%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 33.3±1.9Highest 15% below MO 32.1±3.4Lowest 18% below MO

Holts Summit and Peculiar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.5%±6Lowest MO: 22.3% 31.5%±5.8Highest MO: 22.3%

Peculiar and Holts Summit are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.4%±4.2Highest MO: 17.9% 13.9%±3.4Lowest MO: 17.9%

Holts Summit and Peculiar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.7%Highest MO: 32.4% 25%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±2Highest MO: 5.7% 2.9%±1.7Lowest MO: 5.7%

Holts Summit and Peculiar are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $85,064±$10kLowest 20% above MO $94,519±$23kHighest 34% above MO

Peculiar and Holts Summit are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $191,900±$36kLowest 17% below MO $283,900±$30kHighest 23% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,122±$113Lowest 9% above MO $1,275±$181Highest 23% above MO

Peculiar and Holts Summit are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,909Lowest about the MO average $3,042Highest 56% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.7%±21Lowest MO: 45.6% 50.4%±25.7Highest MO: 45.6%

Peculiar and Holts Summit are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 4.8%Lowest MO: 12.6% 4.9%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.9%Highest MO: 68.1% 73.8%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Highest 24 yrs newer than MO 1996Lowest 18 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the MO average 26 minHighest 11% above MO

Work from home 4.7%±3.7Lowest MO: 13% 25.1%±7.6Highest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 2.3%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30Lowest 0.44Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Jefferson City (50%)Kansas City (26%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PeculiarFew work in Holts Summit

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 1.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.0Highest 30.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #45 of 226 in MO #116 of 226 in MO

School district JEFFERSON CITYRAYMORE-PECULIAR R-II

High school in town None in townRaymore-Peculiar SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school — 15.1

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Holts Summit vs Peculiar

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Holts Summit places higher on 9 of 20 MO lists

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Peculiar

What daily life feels like in each

127 miles apart

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