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Wellsville is a small town of 1,165 people in Montgomery County, Missouri. It's about 42 miles from Columbia, MO and 77 miles from St. Louis, MO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $84k and rent runs about $725 a month.
1,165people
$84kTypical home
$725/moRent
87° / 37°Summer / winter
16"Snow
238Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,165
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 758 people per sq mi
- 77 mi to St. Louis, MO
- 42 mi to Columbia, MO
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $84k (≈$532/mo)
- Median rent $725/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 37°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
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 17 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (210 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (543 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 32% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to COU airport
- 68 mi to STL (major hub)
- 71 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 820 ft
- 605 mi to the ocean
- 228 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 13 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
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 29 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 7% of Missouri districts (reading)
- 16 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 31 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 38 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Montgomery County: R+60 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very 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