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%

Fenton$2,210/mo

Typical home $354K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.18% · or rent about $1,622/mo · Housing →

Weldon Spring$3,860/mo

Typical home $640K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.94% · or rent about $2,800/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,650 a month, about $19,800 a year, between Weldon Spring and Fenton.

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

Weldon Spring places higher on 11 of 19 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.

Schools

AFentonBetter than 90% of districts in the state AWeldon SpringBetter than 93% of districts in the state

Health

A−FentonHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns AWeldon SpringHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns

8Fenton

11Weldon Spring

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #9#222 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #73#4 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #190#128 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #51#7 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #32#7 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #171#203 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #39#13 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #33#10

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

FentonWeldon Spring

Snow a year10″14″

January low—21°F

July high—88°F

Growing season (days)—199d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd 57th

Outdoors & history

FentonWeldon Spring

Trails6 mi 14 mi

Conserved land13.5%0.3%

Settled1818 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here6 —

Community

FentonWeldon Spring

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

17 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FentonWeldon Spring

Fenton ↔ Weldon Spring17 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

FentonWeldon Spring

People

Population 4,088Lowest 5,310Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.8%Highest MO: +2.8% -2.1%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 48±5.5Lowest 23% above MO 52.2±5.3Highest 34% above MO

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

Kids under 18 18.8%±4.1Lowest MO: 22.3% 20%±4.7Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 23.2%±3.9Lowest MO: 17.9% 28.5%±5Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 49.3%Lowest MO: 32.4% 57.9%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.6%±2.4Highest MO: 5.7% 4%±1.8Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,000±$7kLowest 43% above MO $158,548±$14kHighest 124% above MO

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $374,500±$20kLowest 63% above MO $544,300±$44kHighest 136% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,622±$131Lowest 57% above MO $2,800±$2kHighest 171% above MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,408Lowest 126% above MO $5,126Highest 163% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 21.3%±13.7Lowest MO: 45.6% 74.4%±23.2Highest MO: 45.6%

Below poverty line 3.5%Highest MO: 12.6% 0.7%Lowest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.6%Lowest MO: 68.1% 83.4%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Lowest 11 yrs newer than MO 1995Highest 17 yrs newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 6% above MO 22 minLowest 8% below MO

Work from home 13.4%±4.2Lowest MO: 13% 31.1%±7.4Highest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 8.2%Highest 2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 10.20Highest 1.40Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (16%)O'Fallon (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Weldon SpringFew work in Fenton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 13.5%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.5 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.8Highest 42.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #39 of 226 in MO #13 of 226 in MO

School district ROCKWOOD R-VIFRANCIS HOWELL R-III

High school in town None in townNone in town

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.

Fenton vs Weldon Spring

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,650 more a month in Weldon Spring

Weldon Spring places higher on 11 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

17 miles apart

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