Canton makes Missouri’s top 10 on 2 lists
Canton is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 6.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Canton marked.
Fewer kids than 100% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Canton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Canton lands in the top half on 13 of 23 lists
Each dot is Canton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Canton does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for cheap rent
Lists where Canton sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Canton lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#2 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#43
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#6
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#21
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#78
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#38
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#66
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#85
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#235
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#142 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #86Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#24
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#34
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#15 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#181
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#91
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#168
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#229
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#254 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#13
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#143
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
The number on the right is Canton’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.