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%

Glendale$3,550/mo

Typical home $574K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · Housing →

Des Peres$4,280/mo

Typical home $708K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.97% · or rent about $1,750/mo · Housing →

The difference: $730 a month, about $8,800 a year, between Des Peres and Glendale.

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

Glendale places higher on 8 of 16 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

–GlendaleNot graded DDes PeresSafer than 12% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+GlendaleBetter than 95% of districts in the state ADes PeresBetter than 90% of districts in the state

Health

A+GlendaleHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns A+Des PeresHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns

8Glendale

6Des Peres

Lists won, of 16 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #231#79 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #95#53 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #66#27 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #65#32 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #3#35 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #10#29 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #28#16 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #249#254

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

GlendaleDes Peres

Snow a year10″10″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 61st

Outdoors & history

GlendaleDes Peres

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.1%3%

National Register places2 —

Archive photos3 7

Famous people born here—1

Community

GlendaleDes Peres

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

3 miles apart

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

GlendaleDes Peres

Glendale ↔ Des Peres3.4 miles apart

Who commutes between them

78 Glendale residents work in Des Peres (3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Glendale →

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

GlendaleDes Peres

People

Population 6,114Lowest 9,170Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.2%Lowest MO: +2.8% +9.8%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 38.8±3.9Lowest about the MO average 42.8±3.4Highest 10% above MO

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

Kids under 18 29.4%±5.4Highest MO: 22.3% 28.2%±4.4Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 18.3%±4.8Lowest MO: 17.9% 22.9%±3.3Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 90.1%Highest MO: 32.4% 79.2%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±2.5Highest MO: 5.7% 1.9%±0.9Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $170,700±$29kLowest 141% above MO $224,327±$38kHighest 217% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $494,000±$37kLowest 115% above MO $609,200±$18kHighest 165% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,750±$456 69% above MO

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,611Lowest 188% above MO $5,900Highest 203% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±53.1Lowest MO: 45.6% 45.3%±23.9Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 2% MO: 12.6% 2% MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.1%Highest MO: 68.1% 95.9%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1951Lowest 27 yrs older than MO 1976Highest 2 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minHighest 20% below MO 16 minLowest 31% below MO

Work from home 35.1%±8.8Highest MO: 13% 18.6%±4.3Lowest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 1.6%Lowest 5.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 7.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 3.91Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (21%)St. Louis (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in Des PeresFew work in Glendale

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.1%Lowest 3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.7 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 5Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 150Highest 118Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #12 of 226 in MO—

School district KIRKWOOD R-VII—

High school in town None in town—

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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1 neighbor in Glendale can answer.

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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.

Glendale vs Des Peres

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $730 more a month in Des Peres

Glendale places higher on 8 of 16 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

3 miles apart

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