Cost of living in Mehlville

Composed in-house · four inputs · 14% of the overall score

74/100
6th of 60

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The four inputs

Housing cost index89

St. Louis 10045% · scores 85

Effective property tax rate1.02%

St. Louis 1.16%25% · scores 69

Utilities81

St. Louis 10020% · scores 79

Local sales tax8.44%

St. Louis median 8.44%10% · scores 31

Vertical rule marks the St. Louis reference. Composed in-house · ACS 2020–24. Every scale is on the methodology page.

Best St. Louis suburbs for cost of living

All 60 ranked, Mehlville highlighted

1UnionB+$205,200 2FestusB+$223,600 3WashingtonB$231,800 4LemayB$152,200 5TroyB$226,500 6MehlvilleB$218,400 7JenningsB$68,800 8ArnoldB$220,000 9St. LouisB$197,500 10AfftonB$212,400 11HazelwoodB−$167,400 12Bellefontaine NeighborsB−$99,700 13Maryland HeightsB−$227,000 14St. AnnB−$126,600 15St. PetersB−$269,900 16Wood RiverB−$108,100 17ConcordB−$303,600 18OakvilleB−$318,600 19East St. LouisC+$52,600 20St. CharlesC+$298,700 21FlorissantC+$148,800 22OverlandC+$131,900 23CentraliaC+$89,600 24Granite CityC+$104,300 25CrestwoodC+$319,600 26WaterlooC+$249,500 27CollinsvilleC+$163,600 28O'FallonC+$326,200 29Fairview HeightsC+$177,700 30WentzvilleC+$331,300 31Cahokia HeightsC+$56,000 32BridgetonC$237,700 33ManchesterC$323,100 34University CityC$306,700 35EllisvilleC$366,600 36Spanish LakeC$135,600 37HighlandC$202,900 38FergusonC$109,900 39AltonC$103,700 40BallwinC−$377,100 41GodfreyC−$192,200 42KirkwoodC−$451,400 43Lake St. LouisC−$405,900 44EurekaC−$379,200 45BellevilleC−$141,300 46Dardenne PrairieC−$432,000 47ColumbiaC−$293,000 48Webster GrovesC−$387,600 49TroyD+$268,000 50ChesterfieldD+$472,500 51ShilohD+$274,000 52SwanseaD+$223,600 53Old JamestownD+$236,100 54Glen CarbonD+$282,000 55O'FallonD$295,700 56EdwardsvilleD$299,800 57Creve CoeurD$614,000 58WildwoodD−$495,800 59ClaytonD−$830,000 60Town and CountryF$928,500

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Better than Mehlville on cost of living

Mehlville grades B on cost of living. Two suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.

SuburbCost of livingMedian home valueEff. tax rateOverall

Festus20 mi from MehlvilleB+$224k0.64% 59 C Lemay3 mi from MehlvilleB$152k1.25% 60 C

Cost-of-living index composed in-house from housing cost, utilities, effective property tax and local sales tax · Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Effective property tax: ACS 2020–24

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