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Greenville is a tiny town of 418 people in Wayne County, Missouri. It's about 51 miles from Cape Girardeau, MO and 105 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $98k and rent runs about $484 a month.
418people
$98kTypical home
$484/moRent
89° / 43°Summer / winter
8"Snow
241Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 418
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 619 people per sq mi
- 105 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 51 mi to Cape Girardeau, MO
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $98k (≈$616/mo)
- Median rent $484/mo
- Median household income $41k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 241 sunny days a year (105 totally clear)
- 124 cloudy days a year
- 39 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
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (350 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,050 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 24% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 7% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 49 mi to CGI airport
- 112 mi to STL (major hub)
- 26 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 74% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 413 ft
- 463 mi to the ocean
- 120 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 98 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 34 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 8 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 24 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 14% of Missouri districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 44 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 51 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 52 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Wayne County: R+73 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- 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