Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Florissant is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 179th among Missouri's 247 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is cost of living: a typical home costs about $195K, 2.4 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 86% of the state's. Its National Register listings include Casa Alvarez and John B. Myers House. Only 40 of Missouri’s 419 towns score higher on walkability. The biggest park or preserve is Sunset Park, at 83 acres.
Where Florissant beats most towns.
John B. Myers House
Its founding year, 1785, comes before those of 99% of the Missouri towns we grade with a known year. Its 39 National Register listings are more than in 95% of Missouri towns with a listing.
Census counts: 817 in 1880, 52,533 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 7 maps from 1927 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Florissant is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Florissant. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi State parkCahokia
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaThe Dome at America's Center
14 mi Stadium & arenaBusch Stadium
14 mi National ParkGateway Arch National Park2.2M visitors a year
10 mi Ancient sitePiasa
17 mi LandmarkMonks MoundCahokia: Thank You (24 Millions ) views, CC BY 2.0 · The Dome at America's Center: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Busch Stadium: Lee Ann Ratledge, CC BY 4.0 · Gateway Arch National Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Piasa: Burfalcy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Monks Mound: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Florissant, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Florissant.
Florissant fares better on crime within Missouri than nationally and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Its public schools are run by Ferguson-Florissant R-II. Two of its 22 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 770 | D |
| McCluer HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,075 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
| Florissant | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.7% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Florissant Community Center Grounds | 0.6 mi | 23 |
| 2. Coldwater Commons Park | 0.5 mi | 9 |
| 3. Mullanphy Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Florissant for work: only 6% work in town. At 26 minutes, Florissant’s average trip to work is where Missouri’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are St.
| Florissant | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 14% | 9% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.1% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 14% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 29.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 57% of Missouri’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,299 to 782 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
At 2.5 per 1,000 residents, Florissant’s violent crime rate is close to Missouri’s towns (2.2) and above U.S. towns (1.6).
| Florissant | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.8 per 1,000 residents | 12.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 2.4 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income, the typical home (about $195K) costs less against local pay than in 83% of Missouri towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
The typical Florissant home is worth about $195,000, up 2.3% in a year, 26% below the Missouri typical home. Florissant’s median rent is $1,288 a month.
| Florissant | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,288 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Florissant beats the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 36% of Florissant adults feel lonely.
| Florissant | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Florissant | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 8.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 12.8% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Florissant has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 23° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
276 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 23 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 276 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Florissant.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Missouri average. Florissant has lost 2.7% of its people since 2020, down to 51,124 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Missouri.
| Florissant | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.6 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 22% | 29% |
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.7 points). Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.9, men 36.2.
| Florissant | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.5% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.4% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.7% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.5% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.2% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.6% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.9% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
24 within 15 miles of the center of Florissant
About 5 of every 100 Florissant residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri.
Where Florissant’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
39 places in Florissant on the National Register of Historic Places.
22 notable people were born in Florissant.
City in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
Florissant ( FLORR-iss-ənt or FLOH-riss-ənt) is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, within Greater St. Louis. It is a second-ring northern suburb of St. Louis. Based on the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 52,533. It is the largest city in St. Louis County.
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5 towns share a border with Florissant.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Black Jack (C−) comes closest.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florissant | #179 | C− | B | C | D | C |
| Hazelwood | #214 | D | B | D | D | C |
| Old Jamestown | #195 | C− | C | — | D | B− |
| Calverton Park | — | — | A− | — | C− | C− |
| Black Jack | #181 | C− | B− | — | D | C |
| Ferguson | #236 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
Calverton Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Old Jamestown, Calverton Park and Black Jack report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Florissant with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Florissant grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #179 of 247 in Missouri. It grades C for health, C for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Louis, MO-IL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
22 notable people were born here, including Shandi Finnessey and Scott Bailey.
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