Ava ranks #8 in Missouri for low property taxes
Ava is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Ava does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ava marked.
Ava lands in the top half on 12 of 21 lists
Each dot is Ava’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Ava does best come first.
Faster-rising prices than 94% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Ava’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for safety
Lists where Ava sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Ava lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#82
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#31
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#8
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#14 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#28
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#31
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#15
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #69Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#104
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#91 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#178
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#94
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#150
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#180
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#226 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#228
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#60
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#198
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#66
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#41 
The number on the right is Ava’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every MO list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.