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Gordonville is a tiny town of 473 people in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It's about 6 miles from Cape Girardeau, MO and 97 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $242k and rent runs about $1k a month.
473people
$242kTypical home
$1,013/moRent
90° / 42°Summer / winter
8"Snow
237Sunny days
103Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 473
- Part of a metro area
- About 606 people per sq mi
- 97 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 6 mi to Cape Girardeau, MO
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $242k (≈$1,523/mo)
- Median rent $1,013/mo
- Median household income $83k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 42°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
- 103 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (314 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,118 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 38
- 28% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to CGI airport
- 106 mi to STL (major hub)
- 38 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1994
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 404 ft
- 464 mi to the ocean
- 79 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 100 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 87 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 11 bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 28% of Missouri districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 49 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 29 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 8 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