Is Woodson Terrace a good place to live?
Woodson Terrace earns a D, ranked 237th of 247 in Missouri, mostly because of health and schools. Residents are less healthy than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its public schools trail 93% of Missouri towns on state tests and graduation. In its favor, it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Woodson Terrace, above both the Missouri town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On civic life, just 5 of Missouri’s 390 towns do worse. Woodson Terrace reports more crime per resident than 86% of U.S. towns, including 17 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025.
99% of working residents leave Woodson Terrace for work
Where Woodson Terrace’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Woodson Terrace grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Woodson Terrace is from typical.
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Cahokia and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodson Terrace. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi State parkCahokia
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaThe Dome at America's Center
12 mi Stadium & arenaBusch Stadium
12 mi National ParkGateway Arch National Park2.2M visitors a year
23 mi Theme parkMid America Adventure
17 mi LandmarkMonks MoundPhoto credits
Cahokia: 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 · Mid America Adventure: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Monks Mound: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Woodson Terrace: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodson Terrace, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Woodson Terrace.
Woodson Terrace reports less crime than St. John or any other graded neighbor and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the Missouri rate.
Compared with most of Missouri and the rest of the country, more of Woodson Terrace’s adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance
15% of Woodson Terrace adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Woodson Terrace beats the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 77% of Woodson Terrace adults had a checkup this year.
| Woodson Terrace | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 22% | 19% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Woodson Terrace | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.5% | 8.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27% | 13.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Woodson Terrace earns a D for safety
Crime runs higher than in most U.S. towns, but its D tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; St. John (D) comes closest. Reported crimes fell from 183 to 75 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Woodson Terrace is 4.4 per 1,000 residents. Woodson Terrace reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 86% report less. The property crime rate in Woodson Terrace is 15 per 1,000 residents.
| Woodson Terrace | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15 per 1,000 residents | 12.4 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A typical Woodson Terrace home is worth about $140K
At 1.7 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income, the typical home (about $140K) costs less against local pay than in 95% of Missouri towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. 68.8% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 45.6% across Missouri.
The typical Woodson Terrace home is worth about $140,000, down 0.6% in a year, 47% below the Missouri typical home.
| Woodson Terrace | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,179 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodson Terrace’s workers commute out
Jobs based here fell from 1,497 in 2013 to 788.
Most working residents leave Woodson Terrace for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Woodson Terrace has lost 709 jobs, to 788 in 2023. Woodson Terrace’s average trip to work is 20 minutes.
| Woodson Terrace | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $47,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Woodson Terrace, expect four seasons and hot summers
Woodson Terrace 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.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Woodson Terrace faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by heat waves
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Woodson Terrace.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Woodson Terrace has set aside 3.4% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John L. Brown Park | — | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Woodson Terrace
Colleges nearby
24 within 15 miles of the center of Woodson Terrace
About 1 of every 100 Woodson Terrace residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Woodson Terrace
City in Missouri, United States
Woodson Terrace is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Woodson Terrace had a population of 3,950.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
- Area code
- 314
Woodson Terrace’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Woodson Terrace.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson Terrace | #237 | D | B | D | D | D |
| St. John | #243 | D− | B | D | D | D |
| Berkeley | #235 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Edmundson | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Breckenridge Hills | #242 | D | B+ | D | D | D |
Edmundson isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woodson Terrace with a neighbor →
Questions about Woodson Terrace
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodson Terrace, MO a good place to live?
Woodson Terrace grades D overall, better than 6% of U.S. towns and #237 of 247 in Missouri. It grades D for health, D for safety and D for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Woodson Terrace, MO expensive?
That is 1.7 years of the area's median household income ($80,196 across the St. 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.