Chaffee ranks #8 in Missouri for cheap rent
Chaffee 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 4.
The lists Chaffee does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Chaffee marked.
Chaffee lands in the top half on 10 of 22 lists
Each dot is Chaffee’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Chaffee does best come first.
Wetter than 93% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Chaffee’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Every MO list, and where Chaffee 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
#41
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#8
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#16
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#109
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#52
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#101
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#152
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#86
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#249 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #70
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#149
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#125 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#155
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#181
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#79
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#122
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#24 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#231
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#130
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#183
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#42
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#41
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#41 
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #210
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#42
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#19
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#32
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#202
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#113
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#18 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
The number on the right is Chaffee’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.