Versailles makes Missouri’s top 10 on 3 lists
Versailles is ranked on 33 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 6.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Versailles marked.
Faster-rising prices than 100% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Versailles’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Versailles sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Versailles lands in the top half on 9 of 20 lists
Each dot is Versailles’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Versailles does best come first.
Every MO list, and where Versailles lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#42
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#2
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#7
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #29Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#63 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Osage Beach · 57.2%
#252
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#90
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#1
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#194
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#119
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#178
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#195
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#212
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#199
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#182 Safety
Safest#1 Odessa · 4.4
#113 
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#223
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#243
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#14
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#9
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#241 
The number on the right is Versailles’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.