St. Charles ranks #28 in Missouri for low depression
St. Charles is ranked on 36 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 10.
The lists St. Charles does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with St. Charles marked.
St. Charles lands in the top half on 18 of 22 lists
Each dot is St. Charles’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where St. Charles does best come first.
Fewer kids than 89% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just St. Charles’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for low depression
Lists where St. Charles sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
St. Charles out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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. Charles 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
#50
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#68
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#39
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#47
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#39
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#28
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#76 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#42
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#135
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#121
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#113
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#227 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#45
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
#82
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#38 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#41 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#82
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#58
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#138
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#70 Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #117Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#216
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#205
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#207
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
#28 
The number on the right is St. Charles’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.