Sullivan ranks #53 in Missouri for public schools
Sullivan 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 1.
Shorter growing season than 100% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Sullivan’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Sullivan lands in the top half on 10 of 21 lists
Each dot is Sullivan’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Sullivan does best come first.
The lists Sullivan does best on
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Sullivan marked.
Every MO list, and where Sullivan lands
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%
#113
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#54
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#121
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#160
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#198
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#134
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#138
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#86
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#199
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#171 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#107
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#115
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#113
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #127Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#111
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#158 People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#161
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#159
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#100
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#68
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#114 
Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#140 
The number on the right is Sullivan’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.