Lee's Summit ranks #10 in Missouri for conserved land
Lee's Summit is ranked on 37 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 14.
The lists Lee's Summit does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lee's Summit marked.
Lee's Summit out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
Lee's Summit lands in the top half on 16 of 23 lists
Each dot is Lee's Summit’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Lee's Summit does best come first.
Colder winters than 81% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Lee's Summit’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for fewest smokers
Lists where Lee's Summit sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Lee's Summit 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
#39
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#40
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#28
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#47
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#40 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#35
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#138
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#116
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#152
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#70 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#114
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#35
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#124
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#56 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#10
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#56
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#142 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#83 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #188Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#228
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#225
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#228
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#76 
The number on the right is Lee's Summit’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.