Lamar ranks #40 in Missouri for affordability
Lamar is ranked on 31 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Lamar does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lamar marked.
Lamar lands in the top half on 6 of 21 lists
Each dot is Lamar’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Lamar does best come first.
More seniors than 87% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Lamar’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Lamar out-ranks 0 of its 1 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.
Every MO list, and where Lamar lands
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
#40
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#86
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#48
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#55
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#125
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#163 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#206
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#98
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#119
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #130Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#86 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#164
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#155
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#105
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#33
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#102 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#231
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#216
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#226
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#220
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#174
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#199
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#161 
The number on the right is Lamar’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.