Maplewood makes Missouri’s top 10 on 5 lists
Maplewood is ranked on 38 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 14.
Fewer seniors than 97% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Maplewood’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Maplewood does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Maplewood marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for kids’ library use
Lists where Maplewood sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Maplewood lands in the top half on 20 of 25 lists
Each dot is Maplewood’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Maplewood does best come first.
Maplewood out-ranks 1 of its 5 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 Maplewood 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
#25
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#32
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#28
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#19
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#39 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#13
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#5
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#4 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#29
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#47
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#209
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#249
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#231 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#83
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#8 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #55Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#189
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#129
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#219
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#6 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#161
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#184
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#206
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#148 
The number on the right is Maplewood’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.