Mount Vernon ranks #23 in Missouri for cheap rent
Mount Vernon is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists Mount Vernon does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mount Vernon marked.
Mount Vernon lands in the top half on 6 of 21 lists
Each dot is Mount Vernon’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Mount Vernon does best come first.
Shorter growing season than 88% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Mount Vernon’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for new homes
Lists where Mount Vernon sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Mount Vernon lands
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
#135
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#23
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#41
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#197
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#28
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#159
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#35 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#133
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#95 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#152
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#68
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#189
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#86
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#157 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#195
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#175
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#178
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#195
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#174
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#176 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #182
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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.