Frontenac makes Missouri’s top 10 on 9 lists
Frontenac is ranked on 27 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 9 and the top quarter on 11.
Frontenac 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 Frontenac marked.
Steadier prices than 98% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Frontenac’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for college degrees
Lists where Frontenac sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Frontenac lands in the top half on 15 of 18 lists
Each dot is Frontenac’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Frontenac does best come first.
Frontenac out-ranks 2 of its 5 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 Frontenac 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
#8
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#5
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#3
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#3
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#2
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#7
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#12 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#5
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#241
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#16
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#109
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#52 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#218
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#71
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#215
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#100 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#76 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #184Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#254
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#254
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
The number on the right is Frontenac’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.