Best PlacesSte. Genevieve, MO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ste. Genevieve, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ste. Genevieve ranks 28,607th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ste. Genevieve
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Ste. Genevieve's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ste. Genevieve ranks high
- Cheap childcare$450 a month, better than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 87% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 75% of towns
Where Ste. Genevieve ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 51 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 23% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 26% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 28% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ste. Genevieve
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ste. Genevieve home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,011, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Ste. Genevieve's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Ste. Genevieve
Ste. Genevieve runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ste. Genevieve.
Who works in Ste. Genevieve, and how
Work in Ste. Genevieve centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Ste. Genevieve
Ste. Genevieve has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ste. Genevieve and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ste. Genevieve, month by month
Ste. Genevieve sees roughly 51 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 56° | 45° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Ste. Genevieve
The nearest airport, Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ste. Genevieve
Schools across Ste. Genevieve average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bloomsdale Elem.B · 48% proficient
- Ste. Genevieve Elem.B · 46% proficient
- Roosevelt Elem.C+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ste. Genevieve MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Lincoln IntermediateB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Farmington Sr. HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Ste. Genevieve Sr. HighC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ste. Genevieve school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ste. Genevieve measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Ste. Genevieve against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ste. Genevieve
Is Ste. Genevieve a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ste. Genevieve ranks 28,607th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on affordable childcare, walkability, and civic engagement, and lowest on the weather and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ste. Genevieve expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,812. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $64,011 median income, cost of living beats 47% of towns.
Is Ste. Genevieve safe?
Ste. Genevieve is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $394 per resident a year.
Compare Ste. Genevieve with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ste. Genevieve. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ste. Genevieve represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Ste. Genevieve detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ste. Genevieve: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ste. Genevieve: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ste. Genevieve: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ste. Genevieve: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ste. Genevieve detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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