Wright makes Missouri’s top 10 on 2 lists
Wright is ranked on 34 lists against the 256 Missouri towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 2.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every MO town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Wright marked.
Wright lands in the top half on 7 of 20 lists
Each dot is Wright’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MO, the right end is last. Areas where Wright does best come first.
More vacation homes than 94% of Missouri
Not better or worse, just Wright’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for new homes
Lists where Wright sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Wright 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 Wright 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%
#17
N
Most new homes#1 North Kansas City · 27.0 per 1,000
#4
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Versailles · +110.5%
#48
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Forsyth · 13.6 per home
#25 
Health
Healthiest#1 Ladue · 99 / 100
#116
Lowest obesity#1 Town and Country · 23%
#145
Fewest smokers#1 Town and Country · 7%
#134
Most active#1 Glendale · 16%
#117
Fewest uninsured#1 Ladue · 3%
#174
Lowest depression#1 Black Jack · 19%
#199
Closest to a top hospital#1 Branson · 0.0 mi
#151 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Pine Lawn · 0.9 yrs
#192
Cheapest rent#1 Mountain View · $424/mo
#108
Lowest property tax#1 Mountain Grove · $438/yr
#163
Rent easiest to afford#1 De Soto · 20.3%
People
Most educated#1 Glendale · 90.1%
#151
F
Youngest#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 20.5
#96
Oldest#1 Osage Beach · 59.4
#162
Most residents 65+#1 Forsyth · 36.4%
#180
Most kids#1 Glasgow Village · 40%
#138 
Getting around
F Shortest commute#1 Fort Leonard Wood · 9 min #219Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Park Hills · 63%
#211
Most trails#1 Park Hills · 3.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Pine Lawn · 213 / sq mi
#206 Climate
U Snowiest#1 Union · 29 in #79
Least snow#1 Salem · 1.3 in
#169
Mildest winters#1 Caruthersville · 29.5°
#160
Hottest summers#1 Carl Junction · 90.4°
#191
U
Coolest summers#1 Union · 85.4°
#49
Longest growing season#1 Caruthersville · 230 days
#200
Wettest#1 Kennett · 51 in
#92 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 Wright’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.