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 →

Sunset Hills$3,790/mo

Typical home $628K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.96% · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $700 a year, between Weldon Spring and Sunset Hills.

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

Sunset Hills 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.

Safety

–Weldon SpringNot graded B−Sunset HillsSafer than 54% of U.S. towns

Schools

AWeldon SpringBetter than 93% of districts in the state A−Sunset HillsBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

AWeldon SpringHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns ASunset HillsHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

6Weldon Spring

11Sunset Hills

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 235 towns #222#44 Best schoolsSchools · 226 towns #13#137 Fastest growingGrowth · 260 towns #175#60 Highest graduation rateSchools · 216 towns #63#6 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #203#150 Lowest obesityHealth · 261 towns #40#5 Most remote workersWork · 255 towns #4#37 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 261 towns #31#46

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 SpringSunset Hills

Snow a year14″10″

January low21°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)199d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)57th 50th

Outdoors & history

Weldon SpringSunset Hills

Trails14 mi 23 mi

Conserved land0.3%4.9%

Settled—1957

National Register places—3

Archive photos—6

Community

Weldon SpringSunset Hills

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

18 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Weldon SpringSunset Hills

Weldon Spring ↔ Sunset Hills18 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 SpringSunset Hills

People

Population 5,310Lowest 9,112Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.1%Lowest MO: +2.8% +8.3%Highest MO: +2.8%

Median age 52.2±5.3Highest 34% above MO 51.1±3.9Lowest 31% above MO

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

Kids under 18 20%±4.7Lowest MO: 22.3% 20.1%±3.4Highest MO: 22.3%

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

Age 65+ 28.5%±5Lowest MO: 17.9% 29.2%±3.4Highest MO: 17.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 57.9%Lowest MO: 32.4% 62.4%Highest MO: 32.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.8Lowest MO: 5.7% 5.4%±2.5Highest MO: 5.7%

Sunset Hills 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 $138,144±$31kLowest 95% above MO

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $544,300±$44kHighest 136% above MO $523,800±$47kLowest 127% above MO

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,800±$2k 171% above MO —

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,126Highest 163% above MO $5,031Lowest 158% above MO

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 74.4%±23.2Lowest MO: 45.6% 81.2%±22.9Highest MO: 45.6%

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

Below poverty line 0.7%Lowest MO: 12.6% 3.7%Highest MO: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.4%Highest MO: 68.1% 82.9%Lowest MO: 68.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 17 yrs newer than MO 1979Lowest 1 yr newer than MO

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 8% below MO 21 minLowest 9% below MO

Work from home 31.1%±7.4Highest MO: 13% 18.3%±3.9Lowest MO: 13%

Work in townworking residents 2%Lowest 5.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Lowest 2.81Highest

Top workplaceoutside town O'Fallon (8%)St. Louis (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sunset HillsFew work in Weldon Spring

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 13.8 miLowest 22.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.8 miLowest 2.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.6Lowest 58.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #13 of 226 in MO #137 of 226 in MO

School district FRANCIS HOWELL R-IIILINDBERGH SCHOOLS · SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO.

High school in town None in townSouth Technical

Students per teacherat that high school — 25.1

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 Sunset Hills

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Sunset Hills places higher on 11 of 19 MO lists

What daily life feels like in each

18 miles apart

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