Piney ranks #20 in Missouri for low property taxes
Piney is ranked on 33 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
Less snow than 95% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Piney’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Piney does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Piney marked.
Piney lands in the top half on 5 of 20 lists
Each dot is Piney’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Piney does best come first.
Piney 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 Piney 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
#52
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#22
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#20
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #94People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#141
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#183
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#75
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#119
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#126 
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#216
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#198
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#208
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#213
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#174
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#150
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#210 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#197
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#144
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#252 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #242
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#13
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#97
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#131
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#110
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#177
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#56 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#22
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
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 Piney’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.