Herculaneum ranks #8 in Missouri for growth
Herculaneum is ranked on 31 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Herculaneum does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Herculaneum marked.
Herculaneum lands in the top half on 12 of 21 lists
Each dot is Herculaneum’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Herculaneum does best come first.
More vacation homes than 91% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Herculaneum’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Herculaneum sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Herculaneum out-ranks 2 of its 3 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 Herculaneum 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#25
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#22
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#116
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#27 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#140
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#198
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#134
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#117
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#86
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#28 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#49 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#121
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#173
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#83
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#155
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#111 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#132
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#151 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#187
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#244
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#181
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #237
The number on the right is Herculaneum’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.