Riverside makes Missouri’s top 10 on 2 lists
Riverside is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Riverside does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Riverside marked.
1 spot from the top 3 for public schools
Lists where Riverside sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Riverside lands in the top half on 13 of 21 lists
Each dot is Riverside’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Riverside does best come first.
Drier than 94% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Riverside’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Riverside out-ranks 1 of its 3 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 Riverside 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%
#207
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#16
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#129
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#8 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#56
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#22
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#234
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#237
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#90 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#112
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#216
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#101
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#85
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#51
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#69 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #82Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#237
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#122
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#225
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#186
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#218 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#145 
The number on the right is Riverside’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.