Riverview ranks #6 in Missouri for affordability
Riverview is ranked on 29 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 3.
Fewer seniors than 98% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Riverview’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Riverview does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Riverview marked.
Riverview lands in the top half on 6 of 19 lists
Each dot is Riverview’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Riverview does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for affordability
Lists where Riverview sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Riverview 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 Riverview lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#218
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#223
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#195
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#195
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#174
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#28
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#34 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#6
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#72
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#118
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#214
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#110 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #205
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#247
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#197
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#97
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#253
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#19
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#238
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#252
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#169 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
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 Riverview’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.