Carthage ranks #19 in Missouri for short commutes
Carthage is ranked on 39 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
More kids than 96% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Carthage’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Carthage does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Carthage marked.
Carthage lands in the top half on 11 of 25 lists
Each dot is Carthage’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Carthage does best come first.
Every MO list, and where Carthage lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #19
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#226
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#223
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#195
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#234
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#256
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#49 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#79
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#133
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#69
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#12
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#69
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#92
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#12 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#60 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#76
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#127
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#143 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#127
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#25
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#231
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#217
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#10 
The number on the right is Carthage’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.