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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024)
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census and 2025 Gazetteer (2020 / 2025)
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020)
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (1950–2026)
- FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations (this product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA) (1953–2026)
- NCES Common Core of Data (2023–24)
- BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; USDA ERS county unemployment (BLS LAUS) (2000–2024)
- The Town Files lifestyle rankings, built from federal demographic, school, crime and housing data (2025)