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%

Olivette$3,110/mo

Typical home $499K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.18% · or rent about $1,513/mo · Housing →

Manchester$2,370/mo

Typical home $379K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $1,322/mo · Housing →

The difference: $740 a month, about $8,900 a year, between Olivette and Manchester.

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

Olivette places higher on 10 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

B+OlivetteSafer than 66% of U.S. towns BManchesterSafer than 64% of U.S. towns

Schools

A+OlivetteBetter than 96% of districts in the state AManchesterBetter than 87% of districts in the state

Health

AOlivetteHealthier than 90% of U.S. towns AManchesterHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns

10Olivette

8Manchester

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

Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #6#96 Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #42#128 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #50#135 Shortest commuteGetting around · 261 towns #68#118 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #10#35 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #41#14 Lowest depressionHealth · 261 towns #3#28 Most affordableCost of living · 260 towns #247#228

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

OlivetteManchester

Snow a year17″10″

January low24°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)215d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 63rd

Outdoors & history

OlivetteManchester

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5%1.9%

National Register places—3

Archive photos3 —

Famous people born here—2

Community

OlivetteManchester

Library hours a week—64 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

9 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OlivetteManchester

Olivette ↔ Manchester9.3 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

OlivetteManchester

People

Population 8,645Lowest 18,160Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.9%Highest MO: +2.8% +1.3%Lowest MO: +2.8%

Median age 41.3±1.8Highest 6% above MO 38.2±2.1Lowest about the MO average

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

Kids under 18 27.6%±4.2Highest MO: 22.3% 24.7%±3.6Lowest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 19.2%±3.7Highest MO: 17.9% 16%±2.1Lowest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 70.3%Highest MO: 32.4% 62.4%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.5Lowest MO: 5.7% 5.9%±1.6Highest MO: 5.7%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $111,660±$9kHighest 58% above MO $97,801±$20kLowest 38% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $460,800±$22kHighest 100% above MO $323,100±$17kLowest 40% above MO

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,513±$255Highest 46% above MO $1,322±$69Lowest 28% above MO

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,449Highest 180% above MO $3,922Lowest 101% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.4%±14.3Lowest MO: 45.6% 42.2%±14.7Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 4.3%Lowest MO: 12.6% 6.4%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.5%Lowest MO: 68.1% 75%Highest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 18 yrs older than MO 1977Highest 1 yr older than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 20% below MO 21 minHighest 9% below MO

Work from home 28.1%±8.8Highest MO: 13% 22.7%±6Lowest MO: 13%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Lowest 3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 9.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.93Highest 0.63Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Louis (23%)St. Louis (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ManchesterFew work in Olivette

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 103Lowest 143Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #10 of 226 in MO #35 of 226 in MO

School district LADUEPARKWAY C-2

High school in town None in townSouth High

Students per teacherat that high school — 14.5

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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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.

Olivette vs Manchester

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $740 more a month in Olivette

Olivette places higher on 10 of 20 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

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