City Township ranks #41 in Missouri for affordability
City Township is ranked on 34 lists against the 261 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists City Township does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with City Township marked.
City Township lands in the top half on 5 of 20 lists
Each dot is City Township’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where City Township does best come first.
Hotter summers than 92% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just City Township’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
City Township out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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 City Township 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#41
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#89
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#48
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Clinton Township · 64.8%
#55
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#124
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#162 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #133
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#229
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#221
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#231
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#218
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#179
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#152
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#163 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#164
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#155
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#108
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#35
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#103 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Cottleville · +82.5%
#213
G
Losing population#1 Grand River Township · −25.8%
#48 
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union Township · 29 in #219
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#40
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#35
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#20
U
Coolest summers#1 Union Township · 85.4°
#217
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#125
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#66 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#208
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#120
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 City Township’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.