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Cape Girardeau is a small city of 40,344 people in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It's part of the Cape Girardeau, MO area. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $196k and rent runs about $876 a month.
40,344people
$196kTypical home
$876/moRent
90° / 43°Summer / winter
8"Snow
237Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 40,344
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,379 people per sq mi
- 99 mi to St. Louis, MO
- In the Cape Girardeau, MO area
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $196k (≈$1,238/mo)
- Median rent $876/mo
- Median household income $56k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 237 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 128 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (460 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,693 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 20% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 16% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to CGI airport
- 109 mi to STL (major hub)
- 34 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 358 ft
- 462 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 104 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 95 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 11 bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Missouri districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 54 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 29 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cape Girardeau County: R+47 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk