A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bridgeton$1,810/mo

Typical home $281K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.44% · or rent about $1,172/mo · Housing →

Sikeston$950/mo

Typical home $164K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.68% · or rent about $891/mo · Housing →

The difference: $860 a month, about $10,300 a year, between Bridgeton and Sikeston.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Bridgeton places higher on 13 of 22 MO lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Missouri ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

D−BridgetonSafer than 3% of U.S. towns D−SikestonSafer than 2% of U.S. towns

Schools

DBridgetonBetter than 13% of districts in the state C+SikestonBetter than 37% of districts in the state

Health

B−BridgetonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns DSikestonHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

13Bridgeton

9Sikeston

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #17#240 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #77#219 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #222#84 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #40#179 Most activeHealth · 261 towns #104#235 HealthiestHealth · 261 towns #81#206 Fewest smokersHealth · 261 towns #66#181 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #106#44

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bridgeton’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BridgetonSikeston

Snow a year17″3″

January low24°F 28°F

July high90°F 91°F

Growing season (days)215d 225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 87th

Outdoors & history

BridgetonSikeston

Trails5 mi 13 mi

Conserved land1.9%1.5%

Settled—1860

National Register places1 3

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here6 —

Community

BridgetonSikeston

Library hours a week64 hrs 54 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

138 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BridgetonMO SikestonMO

Bridgeton ↔ Sikeston138 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Missouri average

BridgetonSikeston

People

Population 11,369Lowest 16,320Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.9%Lowest MO: +2.8% -0.2%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 40.9±3Highest 5% above MO 38.2±2.6Lowest about the MO average

Bridgeton and Sikeston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.8%±3.8Lowest MO: 22.3% 25.3%±2.6Highest MO: 22.3%

Sikeston and Bridgeton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 21.5%±3.1Lowest MO: 17.9% 21.7%±2.4Highest MO: 17.9%

Sikeston and Bridgeton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36%Highest MO: 32.4% 27.5%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.3Highest MO: 5.7% 3.3%±1.1Lowest MO: 5.7%

Bridgeton and Sikeston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $72,005±$17kHighest about the MO average $58,915±$4kLowest 17% below MO

Bridgeton and Sikeston are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $237,700±$18kHighest 3% above MO $168,800±$11kLowest 27% below MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,172±$67Highest 13% above MO $891±$51Lowest 14% below MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,411Highest 75% above MO $1,148Lowest 41% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.6%±9.9Lowest MO: 45.6% 50.5%±9.4Highest MO: 45.6%

Sikeston and Bridgeton are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 11.5%Lowest MO: 12.6% 14.2%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.1%Highest MO: 68.1% 60.5%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 1 yr older than MO 1975Lowest 3 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 10% below MO 16 minLowest 33% below MO

Work from home 12.6%±2.6Highest MO: 13% 3.7%±1.4Lowest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 7.3%Lowest 44%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miHighest 4.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 4.29Highest 1.63Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (13%)Cape Girardeau (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SikestonFew work in Bridgeton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miLowest 12.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 34.0Lowest 45.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #185 of 226 in MO #160 of 226 in MO

School district PATTONVILLE R-IIIDIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE · SIKESTON R-6

High school in town None in townSikeston Senior High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 15.6

Missouri average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bridgeton vs Sikeston

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $860 more a month in Bridgeton

Bridgeton places higher on 13 of 22 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

138 miles apart

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