Ranked for Young Families
Best Places to Live in Missouri for Young Families
Top schools, low crime, parks, room for a family Ranked by how well each place fits the Young Families profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.
Top 25 places
- #1St. CharlesPopulation 70,687 · mixed overall livability73% match
- #2Kansas CityPopulation 505,958 · solid overall livability71% match
- #3Lee's SummitPopulation 101,728 · solid overall livability71% match
- #4LibertyPopulation 30,299 · solid overall livability68% match
- #5University CityPopulation 34,850 · mixed overall livability61% match
- #6GladstonePopulation 26,964 · solid overall livability61% match
- #7SpringfieldPopulation 168,873 · mixed overall livability51% match
- #8St. JosephPopulation 72,198 · mixed overall livability51% match
- #9St. PetersPopulation 57,692 · mixed overall livability51% match
- #10BallwinPopulation 30,948 · mixed overall livability51% match
- #11RaytownPopulation 29,772 · mixed overall livability51% match
- #12Maryland HeightsPopulation 28,099 · mixed overall livability51% match
- #13Blue SpringsPopulation 58,720 · mixed overall livability49% match
- #14ColumbiaPopulation 126,172 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #15IndependencePopulation 122,218 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #16FlorissantPopulation 52,167 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #17JoplinPopulation 51,848 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #18Jefferson CityPopulation 42,644 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #19Cape GirardeauPopulation 39,795 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #20GrandviewPopulation 25,921 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #21HazelwoodPopulation 25,345 · mixed overall livability41% match
- #22O'FallonPopulation 91,825 · mixed overall livability39% match
- #23WentzvillePopulation 44,584 · mixed overall livability39% match
- #24OakvillePopulation 35,412 · mixed overall livability39% match
- #25ChesterfieldPopulation 49,645 · mixed overall livability34% match
Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.
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