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%

Macon$1,090/mo

Typical home $187K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.67% · or rent about $680/mo · Housing →

Ste. Genevieve$1,490/mo

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

The difference: $400 a month, about $4,800 a year, between Ste. Genevieve and Macon.

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

Macon places higher on 13 of 21 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

B−MaconSafer than 50% of U.S. towns –Ste. GenevieveNot graded

Schools

B+MaconBetter than 67% of districts in the state B+Ste. GenevieveBetter than 74% of districts in the state

Health

CMaconHealthier than 34% of U.S. towns C−Ste. GenevieveHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns

13Macon

6Ste. Genevieve

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #59#247 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #253#110 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #155#37 Most trailsOutdoors · 151 towns #126#66 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #48#146 Highest incomeIncome · 261 towns #127#217 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #170#96 Most educatedPeople · 261 towns #126#209

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

MaconSte. Genevieve

Snow a year15″4″

January low19°F 24°F

July high87°F 89°F

Growing season (days)195d 202d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 76th

Outdoors & history

MaconSte. Genevieve

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land2%3.8%

Settled1856 1735

National Register places3 4

Archive photos10 —

Community

MaconSte. Genevieve

Library hours a week44 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

178 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MaconMO Ste. GenevieveMO

Macon ↔ Ste. Genevieve178 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

MaconSte. Genevieve

People

Population 5,466Highest 5,010Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.3%Lowest MO: +2.8% +13.4%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 46.1±4.3Highest 18% above MO 44.6±3.4Lowest 14% above MO

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

Kids under 18 21.1%±3.6Highest MO: 22.3% 16.4%±4.3Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 23.5%±3.5Lowest MO: 17.9% 26.5%±6.1Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.4%Highest MO: 32.4% 14.6%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.4Highest MO: 5.7% 1.8%±1.7Lowest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,642±$7kHighest 13% below MO $48,097±$8kLowest 32% below MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $151,800±$15kLowest 34% below MO $172,400±$38kHighest 25% below MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $680±$59Lowest 34% below MO $771±$90Highest 25% below MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,024Lowest 47% below MO $1,435Highest 26% below MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.7%±12.3Highest MO: 45.6% 24.8%±14.6Lowest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 10.5%Lowest MO: 12.6% 12.8%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.9%Highest MO: 68.1% 64.2%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970 8 yrs older than MO 1970 8 yrs older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 23% below MO 30 minHighest 29% above MO

Work from home 4.7%±2.7Lowest MO: 13% 7.5%±8.5Highest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 42.9%Highest 31.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 18.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.72Highest 1.34Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Moberly (9%)Perryville (5%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 3.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 2.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 59.6Highest 56.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #73 of 226 in MO #84 of 226 in MO

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

High school in town Macon Senior HighSte. Genevieve SR. High

Students per teacherat that high school 13.4Highest 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.

Macon vs Ste. Genevieve

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $400 more a month in Ste. Genevieve

Macon places higher on 13 of 21 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

178 miles apart

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