Buckner ranks #52 in Missouri for low obesity
Buckner is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Buckner does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Buckner marked.
Buckner lands in the top half on 11 of 21 lists
Each dot is Buckner’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Buckner does best come first.
More year-round than 91% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Buckner’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Every MO list, and where Buckner lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#96
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#52
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#101
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#104
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#86
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#250
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#141 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#98
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#137 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#123
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#29
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#229
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#174
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#49 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#78 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#151
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#140
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#195
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #213Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#234
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#171
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#34
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
The number on the right is Buckner’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.