St. Charles
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About St. Charles
City in Missouri, U.S.Saint Charles (commonly abbreviated St. Charles) is a city in and the county seat of St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 70,493 at the 2020 census, making St. Charles the eighth-most populous city in Missouri. Situated on the Missouri River near its mouth at the Mississippi, St. Charles is approximately 20 miles northwest of St. Louis. The city was founded circa 1769 as Les Petites Côtes, or "The Little Hillsides" in French, by Louis Blanchette, a French-Canadian fur trader. The St. Charles area was settled primarily by French-speaking colonists from Canada in its early days. This former French territory west of the Mississippi River was nominally ruled by Spain …
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Housing in St. Charles
The typical St. Charles home is worth about $348,000, up 2.4% in a year, 30% above the Missouri typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in St. Charles
Safety Grade B
St. Charles reports less crime per resident than 59% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Work & commute in St. Charles
Full picture →Most working residents leave St. Charles for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are St. Louis (9%), St. Peters (7%) and Maryland Heights (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
Health in St. Charles
Health Grade B+
Healthier than 72% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Missouri
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 14 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in St. Charles
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.
Climate in St. Charles
Full climate →St. Charles has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 9 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in St. Charles
All St. Charles schools →School Grade B+
The public schools St. Charles’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MO. Ratings are from neighbors.
St. Charles is a college town
Colleges →of St. Charles’s residents are enrolled in college. Lindenwood University has about 4,144 students on campus.
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