Pagedale makes Missouri’s top 10 on 2 lists
Pagedale is ranked on 28 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 4.
More year-round than 100% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Pagedale’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Pagedale does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Pagedale marked.
Pagedale lands in the top half on 6 of 19 lists
Each dot is Pagedale’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Pagedale does best come first.
4 spots from the top 3 for low depression
Lists where Pagedale sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Pagedale out-ranks 0 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.
Every MO list, and where Pagedale 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
#7
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#128
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#62
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#246
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#243
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#226
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#247
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#212
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#7
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#65 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#81
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#64 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #145
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#224
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#227
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#30
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#70
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#74 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#153 
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #31
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#199
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#20
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
The number on the right is Pagedale’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.