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%

Weldon Spring$3,860/mo

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

Fenton$2,210/mo

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

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

Health

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

11Weldon Spring

8Fenton

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

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

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

Weldon SpringFenton

Snow a year14″10″

January low21°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)199d —

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

Outdoors & history

Weldon SpringFenton

Trails14 mi 6 mi

Conserved land0.3%13.5%

Settled—1818

National Register places—1

Archive photos—18

Famous people born here—6

Community

Weldon SpringFenton

Colleges in town—1

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.

Weldon SpringFenton

Weldon Spring ↔ Fenton17 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

Weldon SpringFenton

People

Population 5,310Highest 4,088Lowest

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

Median age 52.2±5.3Highest 34% above MO 48±5.5Lowest 23% 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 20%±4.7Highest MO: 22.3% 18.8%±4.1Lowest 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+ 28.5%±5Highest MO: 17.9% 23.2%±3.9Lowest 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+ 57.9%Highest MO: 32.4% 49.3%Lowest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.8Lowest MO: 5.7% 4.6%±2.4Highest 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 $158,548±$14kHighest 124% above MO $101,000±$7kLowest 43% above MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,800±$2kHighest 171% above MO $1,622±$131Lowest 57% 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 $5,126Highest 163% above MO $4,408Lowest 126% above MO

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

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

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 2%Lowest 8.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FentonFew work in Weldon Spring

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 13.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 13.8 miHighest 5.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.8 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 6Highest

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

Schools

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

School district FRANCIS HOWELL R-IIIROCKWOOD R-VI

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.

Weldon Spring vs Fenton

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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