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Work & commute
About one in three working residents works right in Hermann
About one in 3 of Hermann’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Washington (6%), Jefferson City (3%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
Hermann’s public schools outperform 79% of Missouri districts
The public schools Hermann’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 79% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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Climate
Four seasons, hot summers
Hermann has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 21°, and about 11 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Hermann is a city in and the county seat of Gasconade County, Missouri, United States. It has been the county seat since 1842. It is near the center of the Missouri Rhineland and south of the Missouri River. The population was 2,185 at the 2020 census. Described as a Rhineland village, the city is the commercial center of the Hermann American Viticultural Area, whose seven wineries produce about one-third of the state's wine. Designated in 1983, it is one of the first federally recognized American Viticultural Areas. The designation recognized the renaissance of an area of vineyards and wineries established by Rhinelanders during the mid-19th century. Shut down by Prohibition, it began to r…