What is the #1 cheapest places to live in missouri?

#	City	Population	COL Index
1	Van Buren	1,146	46.7
2	Mansfield	1,375	55.3
3	Hayti	2,145	56.1
4	Sarcoxie	1,344	59.1
5	Greenfield	1,276	60.4
6	Humansville	1,190	61.0
7	Versailles	2,580	62.0
8	Cabool	2,460	62.1
9	Ellington	1,104	62.4
10	Senath	1,578	62.5
11	Licking	2,816	62.8
12	Steelville	1,410	62.8
13	Kahoka	2,083	63.2
14	East Prairie	2,930	63.5
15	Marble Hill	1,781	63.6
16	Thayer	2,288	63.6
17	Purdy	1,308	63.6
18	Slater	2,144	64.1
19	El Dorado Springs	3,545	64.6
20	Buffalo	3,358	65.0
21	Pine Lawn	2,738	65.7
22	Mountain Grove	4,494	66.0
23	Salem	4,673	66.3
24	Piedmont	2,857	66.5
25	La Plata	1,401	67.0
26	Noel	1,679	67.3
27	Steele	1,449	67.4
28	Appleton City	1,187	67.5
29	Potosi	2,542	67.7
30	Pagedale	2,547	67.9
31	Richland	2,256	68.0
32	Lilbourn	1,021	68.0
33	Bonne Terre	6,773	68.2
34	Edina	1,420	68.4
35	Glasgow	1,054	69.0
36	Campbell	1,719	69.8
37	Stockton	2,018	69.8
38	Rich Hill	1,412	70.2
39	Lamar	4,290	70.5
40	Louisiana	3,231	70.6
41	Charleston	4,565	70.6
42	Butler	4,594	70.7
43	Goodman	1,081	70.8
44	Caruthersville	5,426	70.8
45	Bismarck	1,560	70.9
46	Normandy	4,263	71.0
47	Albany	1,855	71.1
48	Cole Camp	1,327	71.3
49	Mountain View	2,648	71.5
50	Ironton	1,755	71.7
51	Houston	2,407	71.7
52	Bloomfield	2,011	71.8
53	Chaffee	3,039	71.8
54	Canton	2,741	72.0
55	Leadwood	1,524	72.1
56	Malden	3,818	72.1
57	Flordell Hills	1,300	72.1
58	Jennings	12,900	72.2
59	Willow Springs	2,015	72.3
60	Memphis	1,860	72.7
61	Eldon	4,486	72.8
62	Portageville	2,869	73.0
63	Windsor	3,038	73.4
64	Princeton	1,434	73.5
65	Bernie	1,772	73.5
66	Poplar Bluff	16,243	73.7
67	Ava	2,978	73.8
68	Sweet Springs	1,299	74.0
69	Bethany	3,164	74.2
70	Nevada	7,998	74.3
71	Castle Point	2,792	74.7
72	Warsaw	2,064	74.8
73	West Plains	12,341	75.0
74	Rock Port	1,207	75.0
75	Granby	2,345	75.3
76	Doniphan	2,220	75.4
77	Unionville	1,725	75.6
78	Bel-Ridge	2,714	75.8
79	Shelbina	2,108	75.9
80	Linn	1,302	75.9
81	Tipton	2,680	76.3
82	Moberly	13,634	76.4
83	Salisbury	1,629	76.4
84	Aurora	7,331	76.5
85	Trenton	5,542	76.6
86	Kennett	10,236	76.6
87	Ash Grove	1,336	77.1
88	New London	1,118	77.2
89	Crane	1,545	77.2
90	Forsyth	2,749	77.3
91	Mexico	11,487	77.4
92	St. Clair	4,767	77.4
93	Milan	1,883	77.4
94	Glasgow Village	5,491	77.6
95	Marceline	2,269	77.7
96	Lebanon	15,157	77.7
97	Owensville	2,798	77.8
98	Seymour	2,081	77.9
99	Anderson	2,415	78.0
100	Dexter	7,906	78.0
101	Belle	1,476	78.1
102	Pierce City	1,472	78.3
103	Maysville	1,106	78.3
104	Dixon	1,267	78.4
105	New Madrid	2,720	78.6
106	Brookfield	4,128	78.6
107	Berkeley	8,149	78.6
108	Ste. Genevieve	4,996	78.7
109	Cassville	3,208	78.7
110	Paris	1,326	78.8
111	Advance	1,549	79.0
112	Huntsville	1,806	79.1
113	Rolla	20,144	79.1
114	Northwoods	3,654	79.3
115	Chillicothe	9,129	79.4
116	Adrian	2,006	79.5
117	Gallatin	1,722	79.6
118	New Franklin	1,015	79.7
119	Auxvasse	1,385	79.7
120	Camdenton	4,017	80.2
121	Riverview	2,688	80.4
122	Cuba	3,172	80.4
123	Bowling Green	4,130	80.4
124	Mount Vernon	4,532	80.4
125	De Soto	6,452	80.5
126	Kirksville	17,493	80.8
127	Monett	9,734	80.9
128	Kissee Mills	1,182	80.9
129	Carrollton	3,335	81.0
130	Country Club Hills	1,017	81.0
131	Clinton	9,047	81.1
132	Montgomery City	2,810	81.3
133	Wellsville	1,197	81.3
134	Tarkio	1,478	81.3
135	St. James	3,922	81.3
136	Macon	5,457	81.3
137	Marionville	2,701	81.3
138	Monroe City	3,162	81.4
139	Elsberry	2,010	81.4
140	Seneca	1,938	81.5
141	Bolivar	10,996	81.8
142	Vandalia	3,260	82.2
143	Park Hills	8,667	82.3
144	Hamilton	1,909	82.3
145	Carterville	1,978	82.6
146	Marshall	13,699	82.7
147	Wellston	1,690	82.9
148	Velda City	1,231	83.1
149	Carthage	15,513	83.1
150	Sedalia	21,869	83.2
151	Breckenridge Hills	4,413	83.3
152	Maryville	10,556	83.3
153	Drexel	1,039	83.5
154	Cool Valley	1,319	83.7
155	Centralia	4,615	83.7
156	Springfield	169,432	83.8
157	Ferguson	18,350	84.0
158	Neosho	12,857	84.0
159	Fredericktown	4,464	84.2
160	Hannibal	16,825	84.5
161	Desloge	4,870	84.9
162	Mound City	1,103	85.0
163	Oran	1,137	85.1
164	Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,562	85.5
165	Fulton	12,611	85.7
166	Sikeston	16,231	85.7
167	Duenweg	1,707	85.7
168	Joplin	52,218	86.0
169	Farmington	17,999	86.4
170	Concordia	2,184	86.5
171	St. Joseph	71,542	86.7
172	Hanley Hills	1,727	86.9
173	Boonville	7,682	87.1
174	Blue Summit	1,145	87.2
175	Lincoln	1,795	87.4
176	California	4,523	87.4
177	St. Ann	12,865	87.6
178	Hollister	4,608	87.7
179	Rogersville	4,496	87.7
180	Gerald	1,264	87.7
181	Woodson Terrace	3,935	88.0
182	Duquesne	2,216	88.1
183	Cape Girardeau	40,047	88.3
184	Fayette	2,800	88.6
185	Merriam Woods	2,203	88.6
186	Sugar Creek	3,261	88.7
187	Scott City	4,354	88.8
188	Stanberry	1,190	88.9
189	St. John	6,562	89.0
190	Claycomo	1,994	89.0
191	Strafford	2,609	89.1
192	Vinita Park	1,978	89.3
193	Savannah	5,062	89.4
194	Kimberling City	2,559	89.6
195	Marlborough	2,366	89.7
196	Hermann	2,550	89.7
197	Edmundson	1,153	89.8
198	Spanish Lake	18,183	90.3
199	Bourbon	1,694	90.4
200	Richmond	5,979	90.7
201	Perryville	8,530	90.7
202	Gray Summit	2,847	90.9
203	Sullivan	6,355	91.2
204	Lemay	16,431	91.2
205	Sparta	2,378	91.3
206	Knob Noster	2,824	91.5
207	Charlack	1,775	91.9
208	Highlandville	1,049	92.1
209	North Kansas City	4,758	92.2
210	Grandview	25,821	92.7
211	Osage Beach	4,715	92.8
212	Hazelwood	25,214	92.9
213	Moline Acres	2,806	93.0
214	Webb City	13,139	93.8
215	Overland	15,762	94.0
216	St. Louis	293,109	94.1
217	Harrisonville	10,002	94.3
218	Warrensburg	19,437	94.4
219	Cameron	8,721	94.5
220	Jefferson City	42,565	94.8
221	Plattsburg	2,437	94.9
222	Lexington	4,602	95.2
223	Sturgeon	1,143	95.2
224	Holden	1,936	95.9
225	Crystal City	4,721	96.2
226	Branson	12,760	96.7
227	Marshfield	7,599	96.9
228	Independence	121,944	97.5
229	St. Martins	1,195	97.6
230	Warrenton	8,870	97.7
231	Garden City	1,539	97.7
232	Shell Knob	1,445	98.3
233	Palmyra	3,620	98.3
234	Winfield	1,726	98.6
235	Lawson	2,742	98.6
236	Riverside	4,153	98.8
237	New Haven	3,389	99.0
238	Pevely	6,037	99.1
239	St. Robert	5,327	99.6
240	Hallsville	2,049	99.7
241	Higginsville	4,775	100.4
242	Hillsboro	3,483	100.6
243	Pacific	7,299	101.0
244	Calverton Park	1,280	101.2
245	St. George	1,568	101.3
246	Dellwood	4,869	101.4
247	Republic	19,233	101.6
248	Archie	1,340	101.9
249	Fair Grove	1,551	102.4
250	Union	12,560	102.5
251	Cedar Hill	1,568	102.6
252	Lathrop	2,646	102.7
253	Excelsior Springs	10,502	102.9
254	Festus	12,965	103.3
255	Mehlville	29,089	103.6
256	Maplewood	8,154	104.4
257	Murphy	8,566	104.7
258	Florissant	51,915	105.1
259	Waynesville	5,422	105.7
260	Ozark	21,953	105.9
261	Moscow Mills	3,647	106.1
262	Platte City	4,793	106.2
263	Wright City	5,025	106.3
264	Whiteman AFB	3,713	106.6
265	Raytown	29,593	106.6
266	Gower	1,677	106.8
267	Lakeshire	1,478	106.9
268	Black Jack	6,606	107.5
269	High Ridge	4,209	108.1
270	Washington	14,948	108.3
271	Columbia	127,200	108.5
272	Oak Grove	8,477	108.9
273	Belton	24,618	110.3
274	Fort Leonard Wood	15,317	110.5
275	Troy	13,467	110.8
276	Clever	2,977	110.8
277	Green Park	2,688	110.9
278	Kansas City	508,233	110.9
279	Arnold	20,884	111.0
280	Indian Lake	1,075	111.1
281	Gladstone	27,069	111.2
282	Affton	20,035	111.3
283	Oronogo	2,685	111.7
284	Nixa	24,131	112.4
285	Jackson	15,532	112.5
286	Holts Summit	4,572	113.5
287	Bloomsdale	1,123	113.6
288	Villa Ridge	2,994	113.7
289	Valley Park	6,817	114.1
290	Odessa	5,589	114.2
291	Pleasant Valley	2,744	114.9
292	Buckner	2,917	114.9
293	Bridgeton	11,372	115.6
294	Carl Junction	8,257	115.7
295	Battlefield	6,095	115.7
296	Terre du Lac	2,460	116.9
297	Country Club	3,171	117.2
298	Taos	1,334	117.9
299	Loma Linda	1,070	118.5
300	Maryland Heights	27,981	119.0
301	Sappington	6,882	119.1
302	Lake Ozark	2,451	119.6
303	Willard	6,418	120.0
304	University City	34,655	120.8
305	Shrewsbury	6,328	121.4
306	Pasadena Hills	1,104	121.4
307	Blue Springs	59,416	121.8
308	Weston	1,852	122.2
309	Byrnes Mill	3,168	122.2
310	Ashland	4,811	122.3
311	Raintree Plantation	2,006	122.8
312	Imperial	5,617	125.0
313	Concord	18,028	126.2
314	St. Peters	58,200	126.7
315	St. Charles	71,048	127.4
316	Village of Four Seasons	2,077	127.8
317	Liberty	30,446	127.9
318	Pleasant Hill	8,853	128.8
319	Wardsville	1,505	128.8
320	Smithville	10,552	131.2
321	Barnhart	6,036	131.4
322	Winchester	1,914	131.4
323	Peculiar	5,815	131.9
324	Summer Set	1,222	132.5
325	Grain Valley	15,967	132.6
326	Brentwood	8,151	133.4
327	Kearney	10,696	134.0
328	Marthasville	2,587	134.4
329	Bel-Nor	1,472	134.8
330	Rock Hill	4,708	135.7
331	Manchester	18,189	136.5
332	Oakville	35,166	138.2
333	Raymore	23,849	139.3
334	Lee's Summit	102,583	142.6
335	Richmond Heights	9,179	143.7
336	Herculaneum	4,925	144.3
337	Crestwood	12,298	145.5
338	Wentzville	45,734	149.3
339	O'Fallon	92,697	149.6
340	Greenwood	6,000	150.9
341	Lone Jack	1,487	151.2
342	Eureka	12,371	151.9
343	Old Jamestown	21,121	152.2
344	Fenton	4,087	152.7
345	Kirkwood	29,302	154.0
346	Ellisville	9,908	155.6
347	Cottleville	5,750	158.9
348	Ballwin	30,835	163.3
349	Webster Groves	23,771	164.0
350	Olivette	8,539	164.3
351	Lake Waukomis	1,085	165.7
352	Lake St. Louis	17,538	171.6
353	Fremont Hills	1,326	173.7
354	St. Paul	3,292	174.4
355	Oakland	1,619	178.6
356	Creve Coeur	18,643	181.9
357	LaBarque Creek	1,292	182.4
358	Chesterfield	49,591	184.1
359	Dardenne Prairie	13,137	188.8
360	Wildwood	35,168	190.6
361	Clayton	17,282	201.2
362	Parkville	8,022	206.9
363	Weldon Spring	5,291	213.9
364	Lake Lotawana	2,378	213.9
365	Glendale	6,111	219.2
366	Des Peres	9,145	231.4
367	Sunset Hills	9,113	232.4
368	Weatherby Lake	2,465	237.4
369	Lake Winnebago	1,401	252.3
370	Warson Woods	2,312	274.0
371	Clarkson Valley	2,592	293.0
372	Town and Country	11,605	299.9
373	Ladue	8,948	302.7
374	Frontenac	3,669	313.4

Methodology

Cities in Missouri are ranked by col index. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from BLS / C2ER. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 cheapest places to live in missouri?: Van Buren ranks #1 with 46.7 (col index).
What are the top 5 cheapest places to live in missouri?: 1. Van Buren (46.7), 2. Mansfield (55.3), 3. Hayti (56.1), 4. Sarcoxie (59.1), 5. Greenfield (60.4)
How many cities in Missouri are ranked?: This ranking includes 374 cities in Missouri with available data.

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