St. Paul makes Missouri’s top 10 on 3 lists
St. Paul is ranked on 32 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 9.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with St. Paul marked.
St. Paul lands in the top half on 13 of 19 lists
Each dot is St. Paul’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where St. Paul does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 91% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just St. Paul’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
St. Paul out-ranks 0 of its 1 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.
Where St. Paul 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#224
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#10
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#132
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#48
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#94
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#39
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#38
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#51
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#117 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#43
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#223
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#35
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#232
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#229 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #177Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#240
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#135
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#238
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#223
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#234 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #79
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#169
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#145
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#114
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#125
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#124
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#151 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 St. Paul’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.