Pacific ranks #43 in Missouri for new homes
Pacific 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 1.
Fewer kids than 95% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Pacific’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Pacific out-ranks 1 of its 2 ranked neighbors
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.
Pacific lands in the top half on 11 of 21 lists
Each dot is Pacific’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Pacific does best come first.
The lists Pacific does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pacific marked.
Every MO list, and where Pacific lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#165
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#43
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#166
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#61 
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#98
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#145
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#101
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#85
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#86
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#139 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#63 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#139
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#165
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#92
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#118
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#243 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#196
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#113
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#187
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#168
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#189 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #236
The number on the right is Pacific’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.