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Vandalia is a small town of 3,140 people in Audrain County, Missouri. It's about 51 miles from Columbia, MO and 81 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $85k and rent runs about $814 a month.
3,140people
$85kTypical home
$814/moRent
86° / 36°Summer / winter
14"Snow
238Sunny days
99Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,140
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,397 people per sq mi
- 81 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 51 mi to Columbia, MO
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $85k (≈$533/mo)
- Median rent $814/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 99 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 18 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (69 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (191 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 20% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 9% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 47 mi to UIN airport
- 71 mi to STL (major hub)
- 73 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 764 ft
- 621 mi to the ocean
- 235 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 24 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 39 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 14% of Missouri districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 22 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 43 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 22 mi to the nearest vet
- 26 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Audrain County: R+48 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk