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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

8Peculiar

9Holts Summit

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

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

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Peculiar’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%

Peculiar$2,210/mo

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

Holts Summit$1,770/mo

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

PeculiarHolts Summit

Snow a year17″9″

January low21°F 21°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)204d 205d

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

Outdoors & history

PeculiarHolts Summit

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.3%0.7%

Settled1868 —

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here5 —

Community

PeculiarHolts Summit

Library hours a week—51 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.

PeculiarMO Holts SummitMO

Peculiar ↔ Holts Summit127 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

PeculiarHolts Summit

People

Population 5,958Highest 4,609Lowest

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

Median age 32.1±3.4Lowest 18% below MO 33.3±1.9Highest 15% 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 31.5%±5.8Highest MO: 22.3% 24.5%±6Lowest 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+ 13.9%±3.4Lowest MO: 17.9% 16.4%±4.2Highest 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+ 25%Lowest MO: 32.4% 26.7%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.7Lowest MO: 5.7% 4.1%±2Highest 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 $94,519±$23kHighest 34% above MO $85,064±$10kLowest 20% 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 $283,900±$30kHighest 23% above MO $191,900±$36kLowest 17% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,275±$181Highest 23% above MO $1,122±$113Lowest 9% 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 $3,042Highest 56% above MO $1,909Lowest about the MO average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.4%±25.7Highest MO: 45.6% 32.7%±21Lowest 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 4.9%Highest MO: 12.6% 4.8%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 4.9%Highest 2.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Holts SummitFew work in Peculiar

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

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

Schools

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

School district RAYMORE-PECULIAR R-IIJEFFERSON CITY

High school in town Raymore-Peculiar SR. HighNone in town

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.

Peculiar vs Holts Summit

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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