Olivette makes Missouri’s top 10 on 5 lists
Olivette is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 18.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Olivette marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for safety
Lists where Olivette sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Olivette lands in the top half on 18 of 21 lists
Each dot is Olivette’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Olivette does best come first.
Longer growing season than 93% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Olivette’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Olivette out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
Every MO list, and where Olivette lands
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
#18
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#19
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#14
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#24
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#10
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#3
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#62 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#12
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#188
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#68
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#96
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#30 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#26 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#41
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#41 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#158
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#46
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#187
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#7 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #64Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#242
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#233
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#244
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
The number on the right is Olivette’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.