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A town of 4,388, laid out in 1821.
Moscow Mills gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $341K for a typical one, or 4.2 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades B overall, ranked 100th of 247 in Missouri. The low prices come with trade-offs. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 79% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On the plus side, it reports less crime per resident than 82% of U.S. towns. Only 25 of Missouri’s 419 towns score lower on walkability. Old Rock House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 170 Missouri towns, just 4 have a lower property crime rate than Moscow Mills.
Where Moscow Mills beats most towns.
2,509 counted in 2010 and 3,317 in 2020; an estimated 4,388 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 29.4% since 2020, after 32.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Moscow Mills is from typical.
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Census counts: 395 in 1910, 3,317 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1941 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moscow Mills, 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 Moscow Mills.
Moscow Mills trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and fares better on crime within Missouri than nationally, but it has commutes longer than most of Missouri.
At 7.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 97% of Missouri’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 25 to 10 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate for Moscow Mills comes to 0.5 per 1,000 residents, below both the Missouri town median (2.3) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6).
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Moscow Mills’s public school: 434 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| WM. R. Cappel Elem.Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 434 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
FEMA puts 53% of Moscow Mills’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The average commute for its 1,938 working residents takes 31.9 minutes, against 23.5 across Missouri.
The share of working residents in Moscow Mills who work locally is 3%, against 13% in Missouri’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. The typical journey to work locally is 32 minutes. The top destinations are O'Fallon (9%), Wentzville (9%) and Troy (9%).
| Moscow Mills | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes are within reach (about $341K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 24 miles.
Zillow values the typical Moscow Mills home at about $341,000, up 2.6% in a year, 28% above the Missouri typical home. In Moscow Mills, the going rate for rent is $1,107 a month. The share of households in Moscow Mills who own their home: 67%.
| Moscow Mills | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,107 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Moscow Mills. Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 16 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Moscow Mills, 39% of adults have obesity. The town does better than the Missouri average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. Among adults here, 30% have high blood pressure and 9.5% have diabetes.
| Moscow Mills | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 12% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Moscow Mills | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.7% | 3.6% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 71.2% | 77.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Moscow Mills
About 4 of every 100 Moscow Mills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
Where Moscow Mills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Missouri, US
Moscow Mills is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,317 at the 2020 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Moscow Mills grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #100 of 247 in Missouri. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the 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+.
