Glendale is #1 in Missouri for college degrees
Glendale is ranked on 32 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 10 and the top quarter on 15.
Glendale is on Missouri’s podium 6 times
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Glendale marked.
Glendale 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.
2 spots from the top 3 for low obesity
Lists where Glendale sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Glendale lands in the top half on 16 of 19 lists
Each dot is Glendale’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Glendale does best come first.
More kids than 93% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Glendale’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Glendale 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.
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#1
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#140
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#118
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#115
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#18 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#2
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#5
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#3
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#1
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#2
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#28
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#64 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#228
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#17
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#10 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #62
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#244
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#245
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #126
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#102
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#68
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#130
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#109
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#59
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#123 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#173
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#204
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 Glendale’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.