Fulton ranks #24 in Missouri for safety
Fulton is ranked on 37 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
More snow than 96% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Fulton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Fulton does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Fulton marked.
Fulton lands in the top half on 11 of 23 lists
Each dot is Fulton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Fulton does best come first.
Every MO list, and where Fulton lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#24 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #59Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#97
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#88
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#120
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#44 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#144
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#39
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#211 
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#128
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#119
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#134
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#117
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#158 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#134
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#59
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#197
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#184
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#224 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#144
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#134
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#16
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
The number on the right is Fulton’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.