Mountain View is #1 in Missouri for cheap rent
Mountain View is ranked on 37 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 7.
Mountain View is on Missouri’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mountain View marked.
More seniors than 97% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Mountain View’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Mountain View lands in the top half on 8 of 23 lists
Each dot is Mountain View’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Mountain View does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Mountain View sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Mountain View 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
#50
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#1
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#34
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#3
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#8
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#43 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #58
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#208
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#94
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#208
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#195
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#212
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#235
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#233 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#109
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#184 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#48
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#173
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#14
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#234
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#246
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#12
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#8
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#218 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #228
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#25
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#60
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#150
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#95
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#113
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#24 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
The number on the right is Mountain View’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.