Rolla makes Missouri’s top 10 on 4 lists
Rolla is ranked on 39 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 4 and the top quarter on 7.
Younger than 96% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Rolla’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Rolla does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Rolla marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for conserved land
Lists where Rolla sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Rolla lands in the top half on 15 of 26 lists
Each dot is Rolla’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Rolla does best come first.
Every MO list, and where Rolla 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 #8Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#6
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#9
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#6 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#26
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#92
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#87 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#63
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#10
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#247
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#202
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#219 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#110
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#52
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#101
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#129
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#174
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#235
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#187 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#72
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#60
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#110
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#136
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#65
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#111
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#72 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#115 
The number on the right is Rolla’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.