Maryville, MO

Unemployment of 3.6%, lower than in 73% of the 835 measured US metro and micro areas.

Employment grew 2.4% over the past year, to 11,472 employed residents.

Median household income of $59,315 is lower than in 76% of measured US metro and micro areas.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,368 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.77% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $906, some 15% above the $786 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $906 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $36,200 a year, about 61% of the median household income here of $59,315.

The typical renter household here spends 28% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $786 a month.

A median home at $177,500 costs 2.2 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $81,236, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 85°F and January a low of 15°F.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

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Reported crime

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Cost of living

Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.

Death-certificate rates

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Air quality

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Taxes

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Anything about a specific address

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Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.