Brace yourself. We will show you the cities in the Show-Me State that can show you the money. Get ready to take a look at where the wealthiest folks in Missouri reside.
While St. Louis didn’t make the cut, it is the nexus of wealth in Missouri. Nine out of ten cities on this list are within an hour’s drive of St. Louis. Some of the suburbs also top our list of best places to live in Missouri.
Whether the riches make these spots desirable or their natural desirability attracts wealth is a matter best left to philosophers.
How did we determine the richest cities in Missouri? We used Saturday Night Science to analyze the latest Census and Zillow data on incomes and home prices. We limited the analysis to 188 Missouri cities with more than 3,000 residents.
If you want to rub elbows with Creve Coeur’s Jon Hamm, best to get your nose to the grindstone.
Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table
The 10 Richest Places In Missouri For 2024
What’s the richest city in Missouri? Ladue is the richest place in Missouri for 2024.
The average income for the cities on this list is pushing $100,000/year, so you’ll need to save up before moving to the Kansas City suburb of Parkville. And in Ladue, you’d be lucky to get a house for under $750,000.
Pull up a gilded plate of BBQ ribs, flick on the Mizzou Tigers game, and learn more about where you can live like a Kansas City Royal.
Rich people not your cup of tea? Feel free to check out some more reading about Missouri:
The 10 Richest Cities In Missouri For 2024
1. Ladue
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Population: 8,934
Median Income: $250,001
Median Home Values: $1,110,693
More on Ladue: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
2. Frontenac
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3. Town and Country
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Population: 11,575
Median Income: $231,382
Median Home Values: $963,818
More on Town And Country: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
4. Des Peres
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Population: 9,140
Median Income: $214,810
Median Home Values: $595,231
More on Des Peres: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
5. Parkville
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Population: 7,669
Median Income: $166,563
Median Home Values: $574,364
More on Parkville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
6. Lake Lotawana
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7. Weldon Spring
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Population: 5,320
Median Income: $143,389
Median Home Values: $549,244
More on Weldon Spring: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
8. Glendale
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Population: 6,131
Median Income: $157,750
Median Home Values: $505,640
More on Glendale: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
9. Clayton
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Population: 17,212
Median Income: $125,829
Median Home Values: $754,588
More on Clayton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
10. Wildwood
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Population: 35,276
Median Income: $147,508
Median Home Values: $513,120
More on Wildwood: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate
Methodology: How We Determined The Richest Places In Missouri For 2024
The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is simply identifying personal incomes. After all, rich people have really high salaries.
However, we don’t believe that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places.” So we looked at this set of criteria from the newly released 2018-2022 American Community Survey and applied Saturday Night Science:
- Median Home Values
- Median Household Income
Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place is. And home values are a measure of wealth. The two combine to define a “Rich City.”
After we collected the data for all 188 places with more than 3,000 people in Missouri, we ranked each place from 1 to 188 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.
We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score,” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, Ladue, crowned the “Richest City In Missouri For 2024.”
The data has been updated for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the wealthiest cities in Missouri.
You can skip to the end to see the rankings for all 188 places.
Summary: The Wealthiest Places In Missouri For 2024
Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Missouri, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Missouri.
The richest cities in Missouri are Ladue, Frontenac, Town and Country, Des Peres, Parkville, Lake Lotawana, Weldon Spring, Glendale, Clayton, and Wildwood.
When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.
If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in Missouri, according to data:
Poorest: Normandy
2nd Poorest: Jennings
3rd Poorest: Charleston
For more Missouri reading, check out:
Detailed List Of The Richest Cities In Missouri
| Rank | City | RichScore | Median Income | Average Home Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ladue | 1.25 | $250,001 | $1,110,693 |
| 2 | Frontenac | 1.75 | $250,001 | $1,057,065 |
| 3 | Town And Country | 3.0 | $231,382 | $963,818 |
| 4 | Des Peres | 5.0 | $214,810 | $595,231 |
| 5 | Parkville | 6.0 | $166,563 | $574,364 |
| 6 | Lake Lotawana | 6.0 | $156,146 | $601,409 |
| 7 | Weldon Spring | 8.5 | $143,389 | $549,244 |
| 8 | Glendale | 9.0 | $157,750 | $505,640 |
| 9 | Clayton | 9.5 | $125,829 | $754,588 |
| 10 | Wildwood | 9.5 | $147,508 | $513,120 |
| 11 | Sunset Hills | 11.5 | $126,199 | $538,666 |
| 12 | St. Paul | 12.0 | $142,946 | $480,125 |
| 13 | Chesterfield | 12.5 | $137,052 | $498,560 |
| 14 | Creve Coeur | 13.5 | $115,120 | $536,873 |
| 15 | Dardenne Prairie | 13.5 | $140,844 | $438,717 |
| 16 | Cottleville | 15.0 | $130,139 | $427,594 |
| 17 | Lake St. Louis | 18.5 | $114,230 | $398,486 |
| 18 | Ballwin | 19.0 | $118,647 | $379,084 |
| 19 | Kirkwood | 19.5 | $107,905 | $414,629 |
| 20 | Webster Groves | 21.0 | $105,930 | $388,329 |
| 21 | Olivette | 21.5 | $102,630 | $440,935 |
| 22 | Wentzville | 22.0 | $109,158 | $364,171 |
| 23 | Eureka | 24.5 | $104,697 | $364,147 |
| 24 | Kearney | 25.0 | $99,969 | $379,573 |
| 25 | Ellisville | 25.5 | $104,360 | $360,277 |
| 26 | O’fallon | 27.0 | $104,863 | $343,861 |
| 27 | Lee’s Summit | 28.5 | $103,447 | $347,310 |
| 28 | Smithville | 30.0 | $95,122 | $354,373 |
| 29 | Greenwood | 31.0 | $103,560 | $327,682 |
| 30 | Richmond Heights | 31.0 | $94,384 | $353,272 |
| 31 | Crestwood | 31.0 | $111,791 | $306,853 |
| 32 | Raymore | 33.0 | $96,536 | $328,747 |
| 33 | Peculiar | 34.0 | $91,783 | $329,307 |
| 34 | Manchester | 35.0 | $89,153 | $332,927 |
| 35 | Fenton | 36.0 | $97,500 | $311,313 |
| 36 | Pleasant Hill | 39.5 | $88,408 | $320,437 |
| 37 | Liberty | 39.5 | $91,512 | $303,673 |
| 38 | Ashland | 39.5 | $87,377 | $321,175 |
| 39 | Grain Valley | 42.0 | $82,364 | $323,497 |
| 40 | St. Peters | 44.0 | $88,708 | $289,759 |
| 41 | St. Charles | 45.5 | $83,589 | $295,372 |
| 42 | Blue Springs | 48.5 | $82,965 | $283,645 |
| 43 | Rock Hill | 49.0 | $85,155 | $277,056 |
| 44 | Brentwood | 51.5 | $89,688 | $253,415 |
| 45 | Nixa | 51.5 | $74,814 | $297,518 |
| 46 | Battlefield | 52.5 | $82,302 | $273,871 |
| 47 | Shrewsbury | 52.5 | $82,681 | $267,379 |
| 48 | Moscow Mills | 54.0 | $70,429 | $301,699 |
| 49 | Washington | 55.5 | $75,127 | $276,502 |
| 50 | Troy | 56.0 | $74,463 | $278,307 |
| 51 | Byrnes Mill | 56.5 | $65,156 | $324,035 |
| 52 | Wright City | 58.0 | $74,904 | $263,531 |
| 53 | Herculaneum | 58.5 | $79,824 | $253,073 |
| 54 | Ozark | 60.5 | $66,631 | $290,499 |
| 55 | Oak Grove | 60.5 | $71,006 | $271,763 |
| 56 | Willard | 61.0 | $76,500 | $252,650 |
| 57 | Platte City | 61.5 | $58,802 | $356,507 |
| 58 | Holts Summit | 63.5 | $78,352 | $242,610 |
| 59 | Jackson | 66.5 | $72,500 | $245,343 |
| 60 | Odessa | 66.5 | $86,125 | $225,800 |
| 61 | Maryland Heights | 67.0 | $82,232 | $234,669 |
| 62 | Bridgeton | 67.0 | $69,982 | $250,506 |
| 63 | Festus | 69.0 | $65,942 | $259,258 |
| 64 | Arnold | 69.5 | $72,317 | $241,114 |
| 65 | Gladstone | 70.5 | $68,633 | $246,002 |
| 66 | Columbia | 71.5 | $60,455 | $280,111 |
| 67 | Carl Junction | 71.5 | $69,259 | $242,308 |
| 68 | University City | 72.0 | $71,888 | $237,517 |
| 69 | Country Club | 72.5 | $79,688 | $218,532 |
| 70 | Valley Park | 72.5 | $63,478 | $260,081 |
| 71 | Hillsboro | 73.5 | $58,929 | $286,519 |
| 72 | Warrenton | 74.5 | $62,096 | $257,840 |
| 73 | New Haven | 75.5 | $66,410 | $241,163 |
| 74 | Pevely | 75.5 | $68,141 | $238,053 |
| 75 | Osage Beach | 76.0 | $51,600 | $340,267 |
| 76 | Belton | 77.0 | $68,030 | $236,726 |
| 77 | Republic | 77.5 | $63,102 | $249,783 |
| 78 | Union | 77.5 | $68,864 | $230,739 |
| 79 | Marshfield | 80.0 | $63,842 | $238,760 |
| 80 | Harrisonville | 82.5 | $57,607 | $253,584 |
| 81 | Jefferson City | 82.5 | $63,649 | $235,946 |
| 82 | Kansas City | 83.0 | $65,256 | $227,993 |
| 83 | Excelsior Springs | 83.0 | $74,196 | $202,892 |
| 84 | Riverside | 83.5 | $47,668 | $377,596 |
| 85 | Centralia | 83.5 | $61,172 | $241,072 |
| 86 | Rogersville | 85.0 | $50,579 | $319,741 |
| 87 | Maplewood | 86.0 | $58,448 | $243,461 |
| 88 | Hollister | 86.0 | $51,578 | $286,683 |
| 89 | Warrensburg | 87.0 | $54,535 | $250,017 |
| 90 | Higginsville | 88.5 | $76,731 | $187,986 |
| 91 | California | 95.0 | $60,070 | $210,292 |
| 92 | Richmond | 96.0 | $61,694 | $203,328 |
| 93 | Branson | 97.0 | $49,790 | $261,481 |
| 94 | Fulton | 97.5 | $59,544 | $205,135 |
| 95 | Raytown | 98.0 | $64,542 | $191,914 |
| 96 | Palmyra | 99.0 | $60,694 | $201,577 |
| 97 | Camdenton | 99.0 | $45,833 | $300,091 |
| 98 | Black Jack | 99.5 | $63,617 | $192,665 |
| 99 | Lexington | 100.0 | $69,815 | $169,049 |
| 100 | Crystal City | 102.5 | $61,818 | $191,427 |