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%

Eldon$1,100/mo

Typical home $195K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $822/mo · Housing →

Ste. Genevieve$1,490/mo

Typical home $251K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $771/mo · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,600 a year, between Ste. Genevieve and Eldon.

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

Ste. Genevieve places higher on 11 of 20 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

BEldonSafer than 64% of U.S. towns –Ste. GenevieveNot graded

Schools

AEldonBetter than 87% of districts in the state B+Ste. GenevieveBetter than 74% of districts in the state

Health

C−EldonHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns C−Ste. GenevieveHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

9Eldon

11Ste. Genevieve

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 200 towns #27#142 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #186#37 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #102#247 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #233#110 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#96 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #24#126 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #58#159 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #142#64

Left end = #1 in Missouri. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Eldon’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

EldonSte. Genevieve

Snow a year4″4″

January low25°F 24°F

July high89°F 89°F

Growing season (days)216d 202d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 76th

Outdoors & history

EldonSte. Genevieve

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—3.8%

Settled—1735

National Register places—4

Community

EldonSte. Genevieve

Library hours a week46 hrs 56 hrs

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

140 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EldonMO Ste. GenevieveMO

Eldon ↔ Ste. Genevieve140 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

EldonSte. Genevieve

People

Population 4,556Lowest 5,010Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.3%Lowest MO: +2.8% +13.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 44.3±6.8Lowest 14% above MO 44.6±3.4Highest 14% above MO

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

Kids under 18 18.7%±4.3Highest MO: 22.3% 16.4%±4.3Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 23.2%±4.9Lowest MO: 17.9% 26.5%±6.1Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.5%Highest MO: 32.4% 14.6%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±0.6Lowest MO: 5.7% 1.8%±1.7Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $41,684±$8kLowest 41% below MO $48,097±$8kHighest 32% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,400±$45kLowest 32% below MO $172,400±$38kHighest 25% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $822±$57Highest 20% below MO $771±$90Lowest 25% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $769Lowest 61% below MO $1,435Highest 26% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.7%±14.4Highest MO: 45.6% 24.8%±14.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 12.8% MO: 12.6% 12.8% MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.5%Highest MO: 68.1% 64.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Highest 4 yrs older than MO 1970Lowest 8 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 13% below MO 30 minHighest 29% above MO

Work from home 6.4%±3Lowest MO: 13% 7.5%±8.5Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.1%Lowest 31.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 18.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.26Lowest 1.34Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Jefferson City (15%)Perryville (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Ste. GenevieveFew work in Eldon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.8%Lowest 3.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 2.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 90.1Highest 56.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #77 of 226 in MO #84 of 226 in MO

School district ELDON R-ISTE. GENEVIEVE CO. R-II

High school in town Eldon HighSte. Genevieve SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 18.7Highest 12.4Lowest

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.

Eldon vs Ste. Genevieve

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Ste. Genevieve

Ste. Genevieve places higher on 11 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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