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Ranked · Buying a home · Missouri

Best cities for buying a home in Missouri

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Florissant, MO52k residents

    86/100

    median home price: $148,800 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  2. 2.Joplin, MO53k residents

    82/100

    median home price: $168,300 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +1.0%

  3. 3.Hazelwood, MO25k residents

    82/100

    median home price: $167,400 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +0.5%

  4. 4.Raytown, MO29k residents

    81/100

    median home price: $182,900 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +1.3%

  5. 5.Springfield, MO170k residents

    78/100

    median home price: $177,700 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +2.3%

  6. 6.St. Joseph, MO71k residents

    78/100

    median home price: $154,200 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: —

  7. 7.Independence, MO122k residents

    77/100

    median home price: $172,900 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +3.3%

  8. 8.Mehlville, MO30k residents

    75/100

    median home price: $218,400 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +2.7%

  9. 9.Gladstone, MO27k residents

    75/100

    median home price: $231,500 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +2.3%

  10. 10.Blue Springs, MO60k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $263,100 · property tax rate: 0.88% · home price yoy: +1.6%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Missouri?
Florissant, MO ranks first with a fit score of 86/100, followed by Joplin (82) and Hazelwood (82), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.