Higginsville ranks #6 in Missouri for graduation rate
Higginsville is ranked on 36 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
Fewer kids than 99% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Higginsville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Higginsville does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Higginsville marked.
Higginsville lands in the top half on 15 of 23 lists
Each dot is Higginsville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Higginsville does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Higginsville sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Higginsville 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
#79
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#68
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#66
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#85
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#61
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#51
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#156 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#21
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#96 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #81People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#88
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#234
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#24
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#16
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#252 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#110
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#137
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#96
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#36
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#40
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#16 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#191
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#141
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#55
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #74
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#177
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#190
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#132
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#111
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#171
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#192 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
The number on the right is Higginsville’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.