Center ranks #22 in Missouri for short commutes
Center is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Center does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Center marked.
Center lands in the top half on 7 of 21 lists
Each dot is Center’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Center does best come first.
Less snow than 90% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Center’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Every MO list, and where Center 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 #22Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#84
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#42
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#81
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#34 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#177
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#94
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#178
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#152
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#199
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#230 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#173
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#191
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#67
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#77
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#212 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#163
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#136
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#238 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #228
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#25
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#42
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#26
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#205
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#104
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#73 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#153
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#31
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 Center’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.