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A town of 4,813, platted in 1859.
St. Clair earns a D, 221st of 247 graded towns in Missouri, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 95% of the country. The median household income is $42K, and 15% of residents live below the poverty line. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. St. Clair has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Panhorst Feed Store and International Shoe Company Building. Only 8 of the 247 Missouri towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than St. Clair. St.
Where St. Clair beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far St. Clair is from typical.
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Census counts: 217 in 1880, 4,791 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 4 maps from 1947 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in St. Clair, 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 St. Clair.
St. Clair trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and trades workers with Union and other neighbors.
Against the 2,958 U.S. towns with household incomes like St. Clair’s, it is less healthy than 74%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in St. Clair, where Missouri’s towns sit at 25% and U.S. towns at 23%. 44% of St. Clair adults have obesity. Clair beats the Missouri average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| St. Clair | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 17% |
| What stands out | St. Clair | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 20.2% | 13.7% |
| More smokers | 23.3% | 16% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.6% | 15.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the St. Clair R-Xiii school district. The largest public high school is ST. Clair High, with 627 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST. Clair JR. HighLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 451 | B− |
| ST. Clair HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 627 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 179 to 113 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
St. Clair’s violent crime rate is 4.2 per 1,000 residents, above both the Missouri town median (2.2) and the median of U.S. towns (1.6). St. Clair’s property crime rate is 19.7 per 1,000 residents.
| St. Clair | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.2 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 19.7 per 1,000 residents | 12.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Clair has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 22° and about 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 20 flood insurance claims have been paid out in St. Clair.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes are within reach (about $214K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 27 miles.
The typical St. 56% of households own their home in St. Clair. Typical home values rose 5.1% in the year to September 2026.
| St. Clair | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,011 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
St. Clair has about as many jobs (2,327) as working residents, but only 311 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave St. The average trip to work in St. Clair is 29 minutes. Since 2013, St. Clair has lost 170 jobs, to 2,327 in 2023.
| St. Clair | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $42,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.1 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Orchard Park | — | 18 |
| 2. Evergreen Park | — | 13 |
| 3. Main Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of St. Clair
About 2 of every 100 St. Clair residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
2 places in St. Clair on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Missouri, United States
St. Clair is a city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,791 at the 2020 census.
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One town shares a border with St. Clair.
Parkway isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare St. Clair with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
St. Clair grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #221 of 247 in Missouri. It grades D for health, D for safety and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. 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+.
St. Clair was platted in 1859 and has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including Phoebe Hearst and Peter Clark MacFarlane.
