Chesterfield makes Missouri’s top 10 on 7 lists
Chesterfield is ranked on 34 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 7 and the top quarter on 15.
Chesterfield is on Missouri’s podium 4 times
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Chesterfield marked.
Older than 95% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Chesterfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for public schools
Lists where Chesterfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Chesterfield lands in the top half on 17 of 21 lists
Each dot is Chesterfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Chesterfield does best come first.
Chesterfield out-ranks 6 of its 7 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Chesterfield lands in every MO ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#10
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#3
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#3
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#13
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#2
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#3
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#52 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#10
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#244
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#13
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#13
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#170 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#28
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#79
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#53 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#38 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #118Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#243
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#241
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#243
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#19 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #190
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#53
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#116
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#139
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#84
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#59
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#112 
The number on the right is Chesterfield’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.