Malden ranks #12 in Missouri for low property taxes
Malden is ranked on 33 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
Longer growing season than 98% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Malden’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Malden does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Malden marked.
Malden lands in the top half on 4 of 20 lists
Each dot is Malden’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Malden does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for low property taxes
Lists where Malden sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Malden 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.
Where Malden 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
#21
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#24
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#12
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#192
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#48
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#178 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #132Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#216
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#146
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
#251
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#253
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#245
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#253
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#232
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#244 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#243
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#137
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#120
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#79
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#22 
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #224
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#28
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#8
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#8
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#225
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#6
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#17 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 Malden’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.