Lawson ranks #6 in Missouri for graduation rate
Lawson is ranked on 34 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
More snow than 98% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Lawson’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Lawson does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lawson marked.
Lawson lands in the top half on 8 of 21 lists
Each dot is Lawson’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Lawson does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Lawson sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Lawson 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.
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#20 
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#130
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#119
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#134
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#129
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#86
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#177 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#133
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#146
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#157
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#37
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#113
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#135
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#167
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#32
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#225
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#182
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#9 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #191Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#100
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#220 
The number on the right is Lawson’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.