Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,690, settled in 1904. 43% more nonprofits per person than the typical Missouri town.
Hollister gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $296K, 5.2 years of the Branson area’s $56K median household income. It grades C+ overall, ranked 143rd of 247 in Missouri. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 79% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Downing Street Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Hollister’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, below both the Missouri town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
Where Hollister beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Hollister is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 111 in 1910, 4,583 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1956 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hollister, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Hollister.
Hollister is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has property taxes about half the Missouri norm, but it has little public open land.
Since 1995, 40 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Hollister.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Hollister R-V school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Hollister High, with 475 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollister Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 367 | B+ |
| Hollister HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 475 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Against the 6,946 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hollister’s, it is healthier than 59%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
Hollister beats the Missouri average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of adults get no exercise outside work in Hollister.
| Hollister | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 78% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hollister | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.4% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hollister has chilly winters and warm summers. Hollister’s July high is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Hollister for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Branson (40%), Springfield (11%) and Forsyth (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.
| Hollister | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.1% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 14% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hollister's reported crime rate is below Missouri's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 11 violent crimes were reported in 2024.
| Hollister | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 2.3 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 11.9 per 1,000 residents | 14 | 11.5 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
The median property tax bill is $889, against $1,948 across Missouri, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Hollister home is worth about $297,000, about the same as a year ago, 12% above the Missouri typical home. The median rent in Hollister is $849 a month.
| Hollister | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $849 a month | $972 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 1 of its 4,078 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Hollister itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.3 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Longview Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Chad A. Fuqua Memorial Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Hulland Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hollister. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Theme parkSilver Dollar City
5 mi LakeTable Rock Lake
3 mi MuseumTitanic Museum7 mi CaveMarvel Cave
31 mi LandmarkChrist of the Ozarks
35 mi National RiverBuffalo National River1.4M visitors a yearSilver Dollar City: Nan Fry, CC BY 2.0 · Table Rock Lake: KTrimble (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Titanic Museum: Brad A. Totman, Public domain · Christ of the Ozarks: Bobak Ha'Eri, Public domain · Buffalo National River: Mattsrealm, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hollister
About 3 of every 100 Hollister residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
City in Missouri, United States
Hollister is a city in Taney County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,583 at the 2020 census.
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One town shares a border with Hollister.
Hollister reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Hollister with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Hollister grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #143 of 247 in Missouri. It grades C for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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