Here Are The 10 Smartest Cities In Missouri

First, let’s discuss what we mean by “smart.”  Intelligence and being educated are both qualities that people associate with being smart, but for our purposes at this particular time, we are looking more at “most educated.” We went to  FindTheHome.com and compared all of Missouri’s cities with over 10,000 residents.  We ranked them from 1-10 based on the percentage of the population who had obtained at least a Bachelor’s degree in college.  Then, we turned to the five biggest cities in the state and ranked them the same.  Check out who’s the smartest:

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53.6% of Ballwin’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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54.3% of Manchester’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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55.9% of Columbia’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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61.8% of Kirkwood’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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64% of Chesterfield’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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64.9% of Webster Groves’ residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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65.8% of Wildwood’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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70.1% of Creve Couer’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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72.9% of Town and Country’s residents have at least a bachelor’s degree.

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79.6% of Clayton’s residents have at least a bachelor’s degree.

A couple of things of note are that 9 out of 10 of the cities in the top ten are St. Louis suburbs, and this does not include villages, towns or cities under 10,000 residents.

Missouri has only five cities with a population of over 100,000. Columbia is one of them, and it was ranked #8 in the above list. That means it’s the best ranked for the five largest cities. Let’s see how they all compared:

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Once again, 55.9% of Columbia’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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31.6% of residents in Missouri’s largest city have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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At 30.4%, the city of St. Louis has a much lower percentage of residents with at least a Bachelor’s degree than its suburbs.

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26.6% of Springfield’s residents have at least a Bachelor’s degree.

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Independence has the lowest percentage of our five largest cities with just 17.5% of its residents having at least a Bachelor’s degree.

If your city didn’t make the list or if it’s smaller than 10,000, you can find out how it compares by visiting FindTheHome.com and use whatever search specifications you would like.