Kennett ranks #6 in Missouri for graduation rate
Kennett is ranked on 35 lists against the 261 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 6.
Wetter than 100% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Kennett’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Kennett does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Kennett marked.
Kennett lands in the top half on 8 of 22 lists
Each dot is Kennett’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Kennett does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for affordable rent
Lists where Kennett sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Kennett 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#35
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#16
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#40
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#11 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Clinton Township · 64.8%
#163
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#72
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#45 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #87Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#152
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#104
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#241
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#248
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#213
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#246
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#217
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#152
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#229 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Cottleville · +82.5%
#189
G
Losing population#1 Grand River Township · −25.8%
#71 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#199
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#193
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#68
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#60
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#55 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#132 
The number on the right is Kennett’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.