State place rankings
Best Places in Missouri
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Ladue, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,934
- Median home value
- $1,056,300
- nd
Glendale, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 6,060
- Median home value
- $494,000
- rd
Chesterfield, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 49,309
- Median home value
- $472,500
- th
Kirkwood, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 29,331
- Median home value
- $451,400
- th
Brentwood, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,079
- Median home value
- $299,700
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 501
- Median home value
- $627,600
- th
Ballwin, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 30,901
- Median home value
- $377,100
- th
Huntleigh, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 352
- Median home value
- $2,000,001
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 27,559
- Median home value
- $227,000
- th
O'Fallon, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 96,101
- Median home value
- $326,200
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 23,450
- Median home value
- $387,600
- th
Westwood, MO
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 308
- Median home value
- $1,017,900
- th
Wildwood, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 34,955
- Median home value
- $495,800
- th
Frontenac, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,790
- Median home value
- $979,800
- th
Clayton, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 17,807
- Median home value
- $830,000
- th
Warson Woods, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,990
- Median home value
- $612,800
- th
Des Peres, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,102
- Median home value
- $609,200
- th
St. Peters, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 61,479
- Median home value
- $269,900
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 15,032
- Median home value
- $432,000
- th
Affton, MO
Census-designated place
- General Quality
- Population
- 19,052
- Median home value
- $212,400
- st
Twin Oaks, MO
Village
- General Quality
- Population
- 583
- Median home value
- $298,800
- nd
Crestwood, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 12,207
- Median home value
- $319,600
- rd
- General Quality
- Population
- 9,093
- Median home value
- $358,700
- th
Manchester, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 18,069
- Median home value
- $323,100
- th
Oakland, MO
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,372
- Median home value
- $410,700
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Kansas City, MO
City
- Population
- 521,220
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Median rent
- $1,238
- nd
St. Louis, MO
City
- Population
- 278,144
- Median home value
- $197,500
- Median rent
- $997
- rd
Springfield, MO
City
- Population
- 169,847
- Median home value
- $177,700
- Median rent
- $964
- th
Columbia, MO
City
- Population
- 130,851
- Median home value
- $284,600
- Median rent
- $1,097
- th
Independence, MO
City
- Population
- 121,675
- Median home value
- $172,900
- Median rent
- $1,109
- th
Lee's Summit, MO
City
- Population
- 107,514
- Median home value
- $340,900
- Median rent
- $1,422
- th
O'Fallon, MO
City
- Population
- 96,101
- Median home value
- $326,200
- Median rent
- $1,443
- th
St. Charles, MO
City
- Population
- 72,561
- Median home value
- $298,700
- Median rent
- $1,251
- th
St. Joseph, MO
City
- Population
- 71,001
- Median home value
- $154,200
- Median rent
- $898
- th
Blue Springs, MO
City
- Population
- 61,632
- Median home value
- $263,100
- Median rent
- $1,277
- th
St. Peters, MO
City
- Population
- 61,479
- Median home value
- $269,900
- Median rent
- $1,321
- th
Joplin, MO
City
- Population
- 53,930
- Median home value
- $168,300
- Median rent
- $962
- th
Florissant, MO
City
- Population
- 51,124
- Median home value
- $148,800
- Median rent
- $1,288
- th
Wentzville, MO
City
- Population
- 49,495
- Median home value
- $331,300
- Median rent
- $1,345
- th
Chesterfield, MO
City
- Population
- 49,309
- Median home value
- $472,500
- Median rent
- $1,644
- th
- Population
- 42,489
- Median home value
- $218,700
- Median rent
- $802
- th
- Population
- 40,977
- Median home value
- $196,300
- Median rent
- $876
- th
Oakville, MO
Census-designated place
- Population
- 35,333
- Median home value
- $318,600
- Median rent
- $1,091
- th
Wildwood, MO
City
- Population
- 34,955
- Median home value
- $495,800
- Median rent
- $1,661
- th
- Population
- 34,657
- Median home value
- $306,700
- Median rent
- $1,319
- st
Liberty, MO
City
- Population
- 31,319
- Median home value
- $283,300
- Median rent
- $1,160
- nd
Ballwin, MO
City
- Population
- 30,901
- Median home value
- $377,100
- Median rent
- $1,418
- rd
Mehlville, MO
Census-designated place
- Population
- 29,805
- Median home value
- $218,400
- Median rent
- $1,066
- th
Kirkwood, MO
City
- Population
- 29,331
- Median home value
- $451,400
- Median rent
- $1,348
- th
Raytown, MO
City
- Population
- 29,154
- Median home value
- $182,900
- Median rent
- $1,218
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.