Lathrop ranks #6 in Missouri for graduation rate
Lathrop is ranked on 32 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 2.
More year-round than 99% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Lathrop’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Lathrop does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lathrop marked.
Lathrop lands in the top half on 11 of 19 lists
Each dot is Lathrop’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Lathrop does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Lathrop sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Lathrop lands
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
#114
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#175
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#134
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#104
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#86
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#186 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#114
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#92
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#125
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#254
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#150
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#78
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #224Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#232 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#241
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#83
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#175
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#218
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#87 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #7
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#245
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#217
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#216
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#19
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#243
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#228 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 Lathrop’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.