Butler ranks #59 in Missouri for low property taxes
Butler is ranked on 29 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Faster-rising prices than 92% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Butler’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Butler lands in the top half on 4 of 20 lists
Each dot is Butler’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Butler does best come first.
The lists Butler does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Butler marked.
Every MO list, and where Butler 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
#77
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#107
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#59
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#140
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#86
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#89 
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#244
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#232
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#245
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#238
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#232
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#235
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#189 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#195
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#170
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#19
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#222
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#86
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#173
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#73
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#117 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#143 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #240Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #158
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#96
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#192
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
The number on the right is Butler’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.