Palmyra ranks #6 in Missouri for graduation rate
Palmyra is ranked on 34 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 6.
Cooler summers than 96% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Palmyra’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Palmyra does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Palmyra marked.
Palmyra lands in the top half on 16 of 21 lists
Each dot is Palmyra’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Palmyra does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Palmyra sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every MO list, and where Palmyra lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #39Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#76
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#94
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#54
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#85
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#39
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#51
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#132 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#31
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#103
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#103 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#99
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#118
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#139
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#94
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#85 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#130
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#91
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#110
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#220
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#100
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#11
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #97
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#157
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#215
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#222
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#12
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#84
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#214 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
The number on the right is Palmyra’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.