Carl Junction ranks #6 in Missouri for graduation rate
Carl Junction is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
Hotter summers than 100% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Carl Junction’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Carl Junction does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Carl Junction marked.
Carl Junction lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Carl Junction’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Carl Junction does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Carl Junction sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Carl Junction lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#44
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#78
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#180
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#197
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#14 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#66
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#94
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#66
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#61
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#39
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#140 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#48 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#23
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#68
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#99
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#60 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#65
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#176 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #153Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#172
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#215
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#149
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
The number on the right is Carl Junction’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.