Burdine ranks #3 in Missouri for cheap rent
Burdine is ranked on 32 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 2.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Burdine marked.
Burdine lands in the top half on 4 of 18 lists
Each dot is Burdine’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Burdine does best come first.
Cooler summers than 89% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Burdine’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for low property taxes
Lists where Burdine sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Burdine 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
#116
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#3
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#26
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #120Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#206
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#175
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#178
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
#238 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#153
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#216
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#42
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#45
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#78 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#121
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#243 
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #123
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#131
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#59
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#207
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#26
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#168
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#32 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#226
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#150
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
The number on the right is Burdine’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
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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.