The Town Files

The 12 Best Affordable Small Towns for Remote Workers in Missouri

Ranked on The Town Files lifestyle rankings among 141 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Missouri, scoring every town on all of these at once. #1 is Oronogo, MO.

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Numbers match the ranking.
The 12 Best Affordable Small Towns for Remote Workers in Missouri1. Oronogoscore 872. Black Jackscore 853. Villa Ridgescore 814. Dellwoodscore 815. Berkeleyscore 806. Des Peresscore 797. St. Johnscore 788. Battlefieldscore 779. Greenwoodscore 7510. Gray Summitscore 7411. Murphyscore 7312. Herculaneumscore 73
  1. 12Herculaneum, Missouri

    Work from home: 74th percentile · Broadband at home: 81st percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    4,672 people · Jefferson County · median home $234,300 · income $93,438 · Jan low 22°F · 9 in snow

  2. 11Murphy, Missouri

    Work from home: 74th percentile · Broadband at home: 88th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 58th percentile

    8,425 people · Jefferson County · median home $184,700 · income $72,233 · Jan low 22°F · 10 in snow

  3. 10Gray Summit, Missouri

    Work from home: 76th percentile · Broadband at home: 87th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 58th percentile

    3,055 people · Franklin County · median home $170,500 · income $65,667 · Jan low 20°F · 11 in snow

  4. 9Greenwood, Missouri

    Work from home: 73rd percentile · Broadband at home: 99th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 54th percentile

    6,021 people · Jackson County · median home $286,100 · income $107,250 · Jan low 21°F · 17 in snow

  5. 8Battlefield, Missouri

    Work from home: 85th percentile · Broadband at home: 91st percentile · Home value ÷ income: 54th percentile

    5,990 people · Greene County · median home $255,600 · income $94,542 · Jan low 23°F · 14 in snow

  6. 7St. John, Missouri

    Work from home: 71st percentile · Broadband at home: 78th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 84th percentile

    6,643 people · St. Louis County · median home $106,300 · income $53,755 · Jan low 24°F · 17 in snow

  7. 6Des Peres, Missouri

    Work from home: 87th percentile · Broadband at home: 97th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 54th percentile

    9,193 people · St. Louis County · median home $609,200 · income $224,327 · Jan low 22°F · 10 in snow

  8. 5Berkeley, Missouri

    Work from home: 90th percentile · Broadband at home: 64th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 86th percentile

    8,228 people · St. Louis County · median home $82,300 · income $44,265 · Jan low 24°F · 17 in snow

  9. 4Dellwood, Missouri

    Work from home: 56th percentile · Broadband at home: 88th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 99th percentile

    4,914 people · St. Louis County · median home $83,700 · income $72,540 · Jan low 24°F · 17 in snow

  10. 3Villa Ridge, Missouri

    Work from home: 89th percentile · Broadband at home: 80th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 74th percentile

    2,601 people · Franklin County · median home $166,600 · income $73,826 · Jan low 23°F · 11 in snow

  11. 2Black Jack, Missouri

    Work from home: 97th percentile · Broadband at home: 96th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 63rd percentile

    6,634 people · St. Louis County · median home $193,000 · income $78,331 · Jan low 24°F · 17 in snow

  12. 1Oronogo, Missouri

    Work from home: 90th percentile · Broadband at home: 90th percentile · Home value ÷ income: 80th percentile

    2,558 people · Jasper County · median home $188,500 · income $91,563 · Jan low 25°F · 8 in snow

Price vs ranking

Median home value vs ranking, Missouri towns0255075100$63K$254K$446K$638K$830KMedian home valuePercentile
Orange squares are the 12 towns on this list; green dots are other towns on The Town Files in Missouri.

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Methodology. We ranked 141 towns of 2,500–10,000 people in Missouri (2020 Census population; towns with 2,500+ people have pages so far). Lifestyle measures are The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025), shown as percentiles. The combined score is the average of the percentiles shown for each town; a town must be above the middle on every one. Only towns better than 60% of their peers on this measure qualify, so lists can be shorter than 25. Sources: