Neosho ranks #14 in Missouri for trails
Neosho is ranked on 37 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Neosho does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Neosho marked.
Neosho lands in the top half on 11 of 23 lists
Each dot is Neosho’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Neosho does best come first.
Milder winters than 91% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Neosho’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for trails
Lists where Neosho sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Neosho lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#33
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#14
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#192 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#46
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#40
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#46
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#43 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#108
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#45
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#60
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#21 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #72
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#171
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#175
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#150
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#152
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#232
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#15 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#133
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#35
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#220
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#185
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#84 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#87 
The number on the right is Neosho’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.