County Freedom Index

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Missouri Freedom Map

Compare all 115 Missouri counties for tiny homes, RV living, off-grid living, homesteading, land affordability, solar, broadband, climate, public land, and county-rule research.

County profiles115
Regions9
Verified profiles0
Top score85

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Adair County: Freedom Score 64Andrew County: Freedom Score 55Atchison County: Freedom Score 74Audrain County: Freedom Score 62Barry County: Freedom Score 65Barton County: Freedom Score 69Bates County: Freedom Score 64Benton County: Freedom Score 71Bollinger County: Freedom Score 61Boone County: Freedom Score 51Buchanan County: Freedom Score 55Butler County: Freedom Score 61Caldwell County: Freedom Score 59Callaway County: Freedom Score 63Camden County: Freedom Score 65Cape Girardeau County: Freedom Score 56Carroll County: Freedom Score 65Carter County: Freedom Score 77Cass County: Freedom Score 61Cedar County: Freedom Score 62Chariton County: Freedom Score 68Christian County: Freedom Score 59Clark County: Freedom Score 67Clay County: Freedom Score 35Clinton County: Freedom Score 55Cole County: Freedom Score 55Cooper County: Freedom Score 56Crawford County: Freedom Score 56Dade County: Freedom Score 63Dallas County: Freedom Score 63Daviess County: Freedom Score 70DeKalb County: Freedom Score 60Dent County: Freedom Score 84Douglas County: Freedom Score 84Dunklin County: Freedom Score 55Franklin County: Freedom Score 62Gasconade County: Freedom Score 63Gentry County: Freedom Score 68Greene County: Freedom Score 51Grundy County: Freedom Score 63Harrison County: Freedom Score 67Henry County: Freedom Score 59Hickory County: Freedom Score 64Holt County: Freedom Score 66Howard County: Freedom Score 65Howell County: Freedom Score 67Iron County: Freedom Score 83Jackson County: Freedom Score 31Jasper County: Freedom Score 63Jefferson County: Freedom Score 54Johnson County: Freedom Score 63Knox County: Freedom Score 75Laclede County: Freedom Score 62Lafayette County: Freedom Score 55Lawrence County: Freedom Score 61Lewis County: Freedom Score 66Lincoln County: Freedom Score 55Linn County: Freedom Score 67Livingston County: Freedom Score 57Macon County: Freedom Score 67Madison County: Freedom Score 67Maries County: Freedom Score 71Marion County: Freedom Score 54McDonald County: Freedom Score 75Mercer County: Freedom Score 76Miller County: Freedom Score 63Mississippi County: Freedom Score 59Moniteau County: Freedom Score 56Monroe County: Freedom Score 59Montgomery County: Freedom Score 68Morgan County: Freedom Score 64New Madrid County: Freedom Score 68Newton County: Freedom Score 62Nodaway County: Freedom Score 58Oregon County: Freedom Score 83Osage County: Freedom Score 60Ozark County: Freedom Score 84Pemiscot County: Freedom Score 58Perry County: Freedom Score 56Pettis County: Freedom Score 56Phelps County: Freedom Score 66Pike County: Freedom Score 64Platte County: Freedom Score 53Polk County: Freedom Score 62Pulaski County: Freedom Score 56Putnam County: Freedom Score 74Ralls County: Freedom Score 60Randolph County: Freedom Score 62Ray County: Freedom Score 61Reynolds County: Freedom Score 85Ripley County: Freedom Score 84Saline County: Freedom Score 55Schuyler County: Freedom Score 65Scotland County: Freedom Score 61Scott County: Freedom Score 56Shannon County: Freedom Score 85Shelby County: Freedom Score 57St. Charles County: Freedom Score 52St. Clair County: Freedom Score 70St. Francois County: Freedom Score 59St. Louis County: Freedom Score 30St. Louis city: Freedom Score 26Ste. Genevieve County: Freedom Score 55Stoddard County: Freedom Score 55Stone County: Freedom Score 58Sullivan County: Freedom Score 77Taney County: Freedom Score 60Texas County: Freedom Score 84Vernon County: Freedom Score 69Warren County: Freedom Score 61Washington County: Freedom Score 66Wayne County: Freedom Score 83Webster County: Freedom Score 62Worth County: Freedom Score 75Wright County: Freedom Score 70
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Missouri Is Part Of The Shared Freedom Map Platform

A sourced discovery dataset for Missouri rural land, Ozark counties, river counties, homesteading, RV living, off-grid screening, and county-rule research, with county-office confirmation still pending. These pages use the same county template, scoring model, and source-first workflow as Colorado.

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Missouri County Rankings

Highest Freedom ScoresBest for Tiny HomesBest for RV LivingBest for Off-Grid LivingCheapest LandBest Solar PotentialBest Public Land Access

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Missouri Counties By Lifestyle Goal

Start with a use case, compare the top county-level candidates, then move into parcel-level zoning, water, septic, access, and covenant research.

Tiny

Best For Tiny Home Research

4/5

County-level candidates where tiny-home research starts with stronger alternative-housing scores, rural land context, and source coverage.

Top starts: Reynolds, Shannon, Dent

RV

Best For RV Living Research

4/5

Counties worth comparing for RV occupancy, temporary use, sanitation, access, construction, and covenant questions.

Top starts: Reynolds, Shannon, Dent

Off grid

Best For Off-Grid Living

5/5

Stronger off-grid discovery candidates based on rural density, land affordability, solar, public land, water, septic, and county-rule research.

Top starts: Reynolds, Shannon, Dent

Land

Cheapest Rural Land

97/100

Lower price-per-acre counties that still need practical screening for water, septic, roads, covenants, access, and total development cost.

Top starts: Reynolds, Ripley, Texas

Public

Best Public Land Access

0.2M

Counties with major public-land acreage and recreation signals, balanced against private parcel access and buildability constraints.

Top starts: Oregon, Reynolds, Shannon

Overall

Highest Freedom Scores

85

The broadest starting point for comparing counties across lifestyle scores, land affordability, taxes, solar, broadband, and public land.

Top starts: Reynolds, Shannon, Dent

Research guides

Missouri Lifestyle Research Paths

Use these guides to translate county rankings into practical due-diligence checklists for your intended housing and land-use plan.

Best for Tiny HomesBest for RV LivingBest for Off-Grid LivingCheapest LandBest Public Land Access

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County Profiles

#1

Reynolds County

Southeast Missouri

85
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
97
Partially sourced#2

Shannon County

Missouri Ozarks

85
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
88
Partially sourced#3

Dent County

Missouri Ozarks

84
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
83
Partially sourced#4

Douglas County

Missouri Ozarks

84
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#5

Ozark County

Missouri Ozarks

84
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
88
Partially sourced#6

Ripley County

Southeast Missouri

84
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
90
Partially sourced#7

Texas County

Missouri Ozarks

84
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
90
Partially sourced#8

Iron County

Southeast Missouri

83
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
83
Partially sourced#9

Oregon County

Missouri Ozarks

83
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
83
Partially sourced#10

Wayne County

Southeast Missouri

83
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#11

Carter County

Southeast Missouri

77
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
38
Partially sourced#12

Sullivan County

Northeast Missouri

77
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
89
Partially sourced#13

Mercer County

Northeast Missouri

76
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
88
Partially sourced#14

Knox County

Northeast Missouri

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
81
Partially sourced#15

McDonald County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

75
Tiny
4/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
46
Partially sourced#16

Worth County

Northwest Missouri

75
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#17

Atchison County

Northwest Missouri

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#18

Putnam County

Northeast Missouri

74
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
84
Partially sourced#19

Benton County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

71
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
86
Partially sourced#20

Maries County

Missouri Ozarks

71
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
89
Partially sourced#21

Daviess County

Northwest Missouri

70
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#22

St. Clair County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

70
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
86
Partially sourced#23

Wright County

Missouri Ozarks

70
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
76
Partially sourced#24

Barton County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

69
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
80
Partially sourced#25

Vernon County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

69
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
83
Partially sourced#26

Chariton County

Northeast Missouri

68
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
29
Partially sourced#27

Gentry County

Northwest Missouri

68
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
88
Partially sourced#28

Montgomery County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

68
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
72
Partially sourced#29

New Madrid County

Southeast Missouri

68
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
78
Partially sourced#30

Clark County

Northeast Missouri

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
80
Partially sourced#31

Harrison County

Northwest Missouri

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#32

Howell County

Missouri Ozarks

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
84
Partially sourced#33

Linn County

Northeast Missouri

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
85
Partially sourced#34

Macon County

Northeast Missouri

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
78
Partially sourced#35

Madison County

Southeast Missouri

67
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
69
Partially sourced#36

Holt County

Northwest Missouri

66
Tiny
3/5
RV
4/5
Off grid
5/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#37

Lewis County

Northeast Missouri

66
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
77
Partially sourced#38

Phelps County

Missouri Ozarks

66
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
87
Partially sourced#39

Washington County

Missouri Ozarks

66
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
87
Partially sourced#40

Barry County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
73
Partially sourced#41

Camden County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
68
Partially sourced#42

Carroll County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
65
Partially sourced#43

Howard County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
52
Partially sourced#44

Schuyler County

Northeast Missouri

65
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
76
Partially sourced#45

Adair County

Northeast Missouri

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
84
Partially sourced#46

Bates County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
40
Partially sourced#47

Hickory County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
45
Partially sourced#48

Morgan County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
71
Partially sourced#49

Pike County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

64
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
50
Partially sourced#50

Callaway County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
67
Partially sourced#51

Dade County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
43
Partially sourced#52

Dallas County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
60
Partially sourced#53

Gasconade County

Missouri Ozarks

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
43
Partially sourced#54

Grundy County

Northeast Missouri

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
57
Partially sourced#55

Jasper County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
73
Partially sourced#56

Johnson County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
68
Partially sourced#57

Miller County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

63
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
64
Partially sourced#58

Audrain County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
68
Partially sourced#59

Cedar County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
64
Partially sourced#60

Franklin County

St. Louis Metro and East Central Missouri

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
64
Partially sourced#61

Laclede County

Missouri Ozarks

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
64
Partially sourced#62

Newton County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
59
Partially sourced#63

Polk County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
54
Partially sourced#64

Randolph County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
82
Partially sourced#65

Webster County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

62
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
58
Partially sourced#66

Bollinger County

Southeast Missouri

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#67

Butler County

Southeast Missouri

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
57
Partially sourced#68

Cass County

Kansas City Metro

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
65
Partially sourced#69

Lawrence County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
43
Partially sourced#70

Ray County

Kansas City Metro

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
65
Partially sourced#71

Scotland County

Northeast Missouri

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
34
Partially sourced#72

Warren County

St. Louis Metro and East Central Missouri

61
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
47
Partially sourced#73

DeKalb County

Northwest Missouri

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
24
Partially sourced#74

Osage County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#75

Ralls County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
27
Partially sourced#76

Taney County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

60
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
42
Partially sourced#77

Caldwell County

Northwest Missouri

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#78

Christian County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
40
Partially sourced#79

Henry County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
45
Partially sourced#80

Mississippi County

Southeast Missouri

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#81

Monroe County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
29
Partially sourced#82

St. Francois County

Southeast Missouri

59
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
41
Partially sourced#83

Nodaway County

Northwest Missouri

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#84

Pemiscot County

Southeast Missouri

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#85

Stone County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

58
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
21
Partially sourced#86

Livingston County

Northeast Missouri

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#87

Shelby County

Northeast Missouri

57
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
4/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#88

Cape Girardeau County

Southeast Missouri

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#89

Cooper County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#90

Crawford County

Missouri Ozarks

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#91

Moniteau County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#92

Perry County

Southeast Missouri

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#93

Pettis County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#94

Pulaski County

Missouri Ozarks

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
24
Partially sourced#95

Scott County

Southeast Missouri

56
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#96

Andrew County

Northwest Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#97

Buchanan County

Northwest Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#98

Clinton County

Northwest Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#99

Cole County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#100

Dunklin County

Southeast Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#101

Lafayette County

Kansas City Metro

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#102

Lincoln County

St. Louis Metro and East Central Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#103

Saline County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#104

Ste. Genevieve County

Southeast Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#105

Stoddard County

Southeast Missouri

55
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#106

Jefferson County

St. Louis Metro and East Central Missouri

54
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#107

Marion County

Missouri River and Rural Missouri

54
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#108

Platte County

Kansas City Metro

53
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
26
Partially sourced#109

St. Charles County

St. Louis Metro and East Central Missouri

52
Tiny
3/5
RV
3/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#110

Boone County

Central Missouri and Lake Region

51
Tiny
3/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#111

Greene County

Southwest Missouri and Ozarks

51
Tiny
3/5
RV
2/5
Off grid
3/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#112

Clay County

Kansas City Metro

35
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
2/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#113

Jackson County

Kansas City Metro

31
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#114

St. Louis County

St. Louis Metro and East Central Missouri

30
Tiny
2/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced#115

St. Louis city

St. Louis Metro and East Central Missouri

26
Tiny
1/5
RV
1/5
Off grid
1/5
Land
20
Partially sourced

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