Sikeston ranks #21 in Missouri for short commutes
Sikeston is ranked on 40 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
Longer growing season than 99% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Sikeston’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Sikeston does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Sikeston marked.
Sikeston lands in the top half on 7 of 26 lists
Each dot is Sikeston’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Sikeston does best come first.
Where Sikeston lands in every MO ranking
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 #21Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#117
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#105
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#80
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#70 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#97
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#127
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#130
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#44
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#75 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#203
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#175
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#178
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#230
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#174
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#51
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#235 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#156
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#44
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#191 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#58
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#135
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#212
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Richmond Heights · 16.6 per resident
#47
N
Most library borrowing#1 North Kansas City · 30.2 per resident
#46
N
Best libraries for kids#1 North Kansas City · 61.4 per child
#45 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#147 
The number on the right is Sikeston’s spot. All of Missouri’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
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.