Berkeley ranks #9 in Missouri for affordability
Berkeley 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 3.
Faster-rising prices than 99% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Berkeley’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Berkeley does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Berkeley marked.
Berkeley lands in the top half on 8 of 21 lists
Each dot is Berkeley’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Berkeley does best come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for low depression
Lists where Berkeley sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Berkeley out-ranks 0 of its 4 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every MO list, and where Berkeley 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
#9
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#162
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#94
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#245
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#238
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#226
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#241
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#244
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#28
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#78 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #108Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#121
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#123 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#208
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#9
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#248
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#231
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#7 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#41
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#190
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#4
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#156 
The number on the right is Berkeley’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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.