Bowling Green ranks #27 in Missouri for low property taxes
Bowling Green is ranked on 37 lists against the 261 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
Cooler summers than 98% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Bowling Green’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Bowling Green does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bowling Green marked.
Bowling Green lands in the top half on 7 of 23 lists
Each dot is Bowling Green’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Bowling Green does best come first.
2 spots from the top 25 for low property taxes
Lists where Bowling Green sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Bowling Green lands in every MO ranking
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
#63
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#72
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#27
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#213
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#57
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#42
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Clinton Township · 64.8%
#159
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#60 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#190
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#179
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#213
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#171
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#217
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#232 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#27
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#39
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#32 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #167
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#249
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#73
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#189
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#180
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#170 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Cottleville · +82.5%
#258
G
Losing population#1 Grand River Township · −25.8%
#3 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union Township · 29 in #63
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#196
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#201
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#232
U
Coolest summers#1 Union Township · 85.4°
#5
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#227
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#202 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
The number on the right is Bowling Green’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 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.