Manchester ranks #10 in Missouri for health insurance
Manchester 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 13.
The lists Manchester does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Manchester marked.
2 spots from the top 10 for low obesity
Lists where Manchester sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Manchester lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Manchester’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Manchester does best come first.
Steadier prices than 80% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Manchester’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Manchester 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.
Where Manchester 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#14
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#12
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#14
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#13
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#10
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#28
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#56 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#20
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#126
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#129
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#157
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#91 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#28 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#127
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#122
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#14 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #114
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#223
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#219
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#229
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #126
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#102
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#107
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#70
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#160
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#59
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#129 
The number on the right is Manchester’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.