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 BSt. CharlesSafer than 59% of U.S. towns

Schools

DBridgetonBetter than 13% of districts in the state B+St. CharlesBetter than 70% of districts in the state

Health

B−BridgetonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns B+St. CharlesHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns

5Bridgeton

16St. Charles

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #219#38 SafestSafety · 156 towns #146#41 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #185#59 Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #163#58 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #162#69 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #130#46 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 85 towns #51#29 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #17#78

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $320 more a month in St. Charles

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 →

St. Charles$2,130/mo

Typical home $348K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,251/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,800 a year, between St. Charles and Bridgeton.

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.

Where they are

Bridgeton and St. Charles share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BridgetonSt. Charles

Bridgeton ↔ St. Charles5.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

989 St. Charles residents work in Bridgeton (2.8% of its workers)

205 Bridgeton residents work in St. Charles (3.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in St. Charles →

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

BridgetonSt. Charles

Snow a year17″9″

January low24°F 22°F

July high90°F 88°F

Growing season (days)215d 203d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 70th

Outdoors & history

BridgetonSt. Charles

Trails5 mi 12 mi

Conserved land1.9%4.8%

Settled—1765

National Register places1 18

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here6 —

Community

BridgetonSt. Charles

Library hours a week64 hrs 64 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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.

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

BridgetonSt. Charles

People

Population 11,369Lowest 71,508Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.9%Lowest MO: +2.8% +7.1%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 40.9±3Highest 5% above MO 38.6±0.8Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 21.8%±3.8Highest MO: 22.3% 17.7%±1.1Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 21.5%±3.1Highest MO: 17.9% 18.3%±1.1Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36%Lowest MO: 32.4% 43.3%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.3Lowest MO: 5.7% 9.1%±0.7Highest MO: 5.7%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $72,005±$17kLowest about the MO average $85,937±$4kHighest 22% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $237,700±$18kLowest 3% above MO $298,700±$9kHighest 30% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,172±$67Lowest 13% above MO $1,251±$39Highest 21% above MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,411Highest 75% above MO $3,126Lowest 60% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.6%±9.9Highest MO: 45.6% 39%±4Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 11.5%Highest MO: 12.6% 7.3%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.1%Lowest MO: 68.1% 68%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 1 yr older than MO 1986Highest 8 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 10% below MO 22 minHighest 8% below MO

Work from home 12.6%±2.6Lowest MO: 13% 18%±1.8Highest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 7.3%Lowest 13.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 10.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 4.29Highest 0.99Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (13%)St. Louis (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 4% work in St. Charles3% work in Bridgeton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Lowest 4.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miLowest 12.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 19Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 34.0Lowest 106Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #185 of 226 in MO #59 of 226 in MO

School district PATTONVILLE R-IIIORCHARD FARM R-V · ST. CHARLES R-VI

High school in town None in townST. Charles High

Students per teacherat that high school — 10.6

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 St. Charles

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

St. Charles places higher on 16 of 22 MO lists

A typical home costs $320 more a month in St. Charles

Bridgeton and St. Charles share a border

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