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Wardsville is a small town of 1,579 people in Cole County, Missouri. It's about 5 miles from Jefferson City, MO and 105 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $330k and rent runs about $885 a month.
1,579people
$330kTypical home
$885/moRent
88° / 40°Summer / winter
9"Snow
244Sunny days
112Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,579
- Part of a metro area
- About 456 people per sq mi
- 105 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 5 mi to Jefferson City, MO
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $330k (≈$2,078/mo)
- Median rent $885/mo
- Median household income $121k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (103 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 112 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (238 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,120 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 40% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to COU airport
- 99 mi to STL (major hub)
- 86 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 761 ft
- 571 mi to the ocean
- 236 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 83 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 92 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 21 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 23% of Missouri districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cole County: R+34 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk