Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 43/100
D
Median home value$148,800
St. Louis $244,800
Median rent$1,288/mo
St. Louis $1,113/mo
Cost-burdened households30%
St. Louis 26%
Florissant
St. Louis County51,773 residents2 school districts
52
D+
Suburbgrade score
47th of 60 St. Louis suburbs. Strongest on amenities, held back by schools.
52
St. Louis median 60
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Florissant yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 52 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Florissant is like to live in, by category
Bars show Florissant against St. Louis. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 37/100
F
Within-state proficiency8th pct
St. Louis median 68th pct
Student–teacher ratio16.8
St. Louis median 14.5
Graduation rate89%
St. Louis median 94%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 66/100
C+
Housing cost index88
St. Louis 100
Eff. tax rate1.24%
St. Louis 1.16%
Local sales tax8.44%
St. Louis median 8.44%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 58/100
C
Mean commute25.8 min
St. Louis 24.9 min
Under 30 minutes64%
St. Louis 65%
Transit stops / sq mi2.8
St. Louis median 1.4 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 69/100
B−
Restaurants & cafés82
St. Louis median 32 · within 2 miles
Groceries7
St. Louis median 4 · within 2 miles
Parks23
St. Louis median 21 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 49/100
D+
Median household income$65,318
St. Louis $80,196
Unemployment5.1%
St. Louis 4.2%
Professional occupations31%
St. Louis 45%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Florissant yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Florissant on schools
Florissant's weakest grade is F. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbSchoolsOverall
Clayton11 mi from FlorissantA+ 77 B Creve Coeur11 mi from FlorissantA 76 B Kirkwood16 mi from FlorissantA 76 B Webster Groves15 mi from FlorissantA 76 B Manchester18 mi from FlorissantA 74 B O'Fallon21 mi from FlorissantA 70 B− Within-state proficiency: EDFacts SY2021–22 · Graduation rate: EDFacts ACGR SY2018–19
Common questions about living in Florissant
Is Florissant, MO a good place to live?
Florissant scores 52 out of 100, 47th of 60 St. Louis suburbs. It is strongest on amenities and weakest on schools. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Florissant expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades C+. The median home is $148,800, 39% below the St. Louis median, and the effective property tax rate is 1.24%. $1,288/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Florissant?
Schools grade F. The districts serving Florissant sit at the 8th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 89% graduation rate and a 16.8 student–teacher ratio. Florissant is served by Ferguson-Florissant R-II and Hazelwood. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Florissant?
The mean commute is 25.8 min, with 64% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 14% working from home. Transit density is 2.8 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Florissant?
Within two miles there are 7 groceries, 82 restaurants and cafés and 23 parks, which grades B− on amenities.
Are the homes in Florissant old or new?
The median home in Florissant was built in 1963 — older than the St. Louis median of 1973. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 81% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.