St. Ann ranks #20 in Missouri for conserved land
St. Ann is ranked on 35 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists St. Ann does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with St. Ann marked.
St. Ann lands in the top half on 10 of 22 lists
Each dot is St. Ann’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where St. Ann does best come first.
Longer growing season than 93% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just St. Ann’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
St. Ann out-ranks 1 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 St. Ann lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#20
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#60
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#34 Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#150
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#68
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#150
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#138
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#129
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#92
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#37 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#55
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#136
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#174
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#33 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #105Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#82 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#144
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#58
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#199
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#146
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#121 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#60
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#185
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#36
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
The number on the right is St. Ann’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.