Marshall ranks #13 in Missouri for short commutes
Marshall is ranked on 40 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Marshall does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Marshall marked.
Marshall lands in the top half on 11 of 26 lists
Each dot is Marshall’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Marshall does best come first.
Younger than 94% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Marshall’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 10 for short commutes
Lists where Marshall sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Marshall lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #13Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#39 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#81
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#49
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#89
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#68 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#99
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#94
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#66
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#129
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#212
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#196 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#112
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#17
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#240
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#190
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#163 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#128
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#135
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#154 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#140
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#158
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#27
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#9 
The number on the right is Marshall’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.