Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety87#1,976/15,637
Economy92#1,270/15,631
Housing63#5,487/14,977
Health80#3,189/15,609
Healthcare76#3,683/15,650
Environment9#13,999/15,453
Education96#663/15,649
Infrastructure82#2,873/15,650
Community80#3,108/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,149/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cottleville, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “St. Charles County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poverty rate · low2.0%
97/100Missouri 12.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Loneliness · low29.1%
95/100Missouri 32.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
93/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSt. Charles County value
Child poverty rate · low0.0%
92/100Missouri 15.3%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Food insecurity · low8.2%
91/100Missouri 14.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
New homes permitted · high12.0 /1k
91/100Missouri 3.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high6 days
13/100Missouri 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySt. Charles County value
Comfortable days · low23.6%
16/100Missouri 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSt. Charles County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high207 min
17/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSt. Charles County value
Grocery stores · low1.1 /10k
19/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSt. Charles County value
Social associations · low7.0 /10k
23/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Charles County value
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
25/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSt. Charles County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,200 (2015-2019) → 5,937 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
5.9 /1k (2021) → 12.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+102%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
53.6% (2015-2019) → 64.1% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
8.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$108,036 (2015-2019) → $131,310 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
56.9% (2015-2019) → 53.3% (2020-2024)
−3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cottleville, Missouri improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Cottleville, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	22.5 min2020-2024	−4.7 min	Within the margin of error	88%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%2015-2019	53.3%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	98.6%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Effective property tax rate	1.12%2015-2019	1.01%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	97.3%2015-2019	98.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4132015-2019	0.4192020-2024	+0.007	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$108,0362015-2019	$131,3102020-2024	+22%	Within the margin of error	36%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	53.6%2015-2019	64.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	22%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cottleville, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cottleville, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cottleville, Missouri itself moved −0.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,937 residents (±26)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 women (+4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,937 residents (±26)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

White81%4,787
Black7.1%†423
Hispanic or Latino3.5%†205

Education

3,916 residents (±300)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma1.8%†69
High school or GED18%†688
Some college19%725

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,206 households (±185)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k2.3%†50
$25k–50k5.2%†115
$50k–75k17%†373
$75k–100k11%†238
$100k–150k21%†461
$150k–200k15%†340
$200k or more29%629

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,206 households (±185)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

Own81%1,779
Rent19%†427

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

398 households (±163)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50040%†159

Home values

1,779 homes (±186)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k4.9%†88
$150k–250k9.3%†166
$250k–400k28%†502

Age of homes

2,275 homes (±197)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later60%1,369
2000–200920%465
1980–199918%†400

Size of homes

2,275 homes (±197)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio1.5%†33
1 bedroom7.0%†159
2 bedrooms12%†273

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,548 workers (±275)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone76%2,704
Carpool4.4%†156
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†38
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%†487
Other4.6%†163

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,061 workers (±320)

Cottleville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min26%804
15–29 min43%1,306
30–44 min23%697

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the St. Louis, MO-IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of St. Charles County, the county holding most of Cottleville's residents.

St. Charles County has 8,946 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Missouri's), with 143,624 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,505. The Census Bureau also counts 33,519 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,946; 33,519 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 143,624
Average annual pay: $56,505; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of St. Charles County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	766	18.3	0.88×About typical	6,102	$71,352	1,291
Restaurants and other eating places	738	17.7	0.96×About typical	17,815	$21,900	124
Specialty trade contractors	691	16.6	1.07×About typical	6,676	$68,601	1,862
Lessors of real estate	431	10.3	0.84×About typical	1,331	$44,655	3,752
Services to buildings and dwellings	352	8.4	1.25×More than typical	3,059	$41,380	1,434
Limited-service restaurants	333	8	0.99×About typical	7,082	$20,162	61
Full-service restaurants	305	7.3	0.95×About typical	9,131	$23,978	43
Construction of buildings	289	6.9	0.92×About typical	1,711	$70,354	857
Offices of other health practitioners	281	6.7	1.11×About typical	1,670	$50,136	765
Insurance agencies and brokerages	240	5.7	1.31×More than typical	1,406	$72,343	760
Automotive repair and maintenance	239	5.7	1.14×About typical	1,849	$47,150	272
Real estate agents and brokers	202	4.8	0.99×About typical	307	$50,629	1,245

Rank places for an industry Open St. Charles County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 417,442 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $880.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cottleville, Missouri: $148 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $880.7K; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $148; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$347.5K39%
Defense Logistics Agency$243.6K28%
Department of the Navy$99.6K11%
Department of Veterans Affairs$74.8K8.5%
Department of the Army$54K6.1%
National Institutes of Health$33K3.7%
Rural Housing Service$16.1K1.8%
Environmental Protection Agency$5,3260.6%

Top recipients

MIDWEST WEATHER, INC.$344.9K39%
STAUDER CONSULTING, INC.$99.6K11%
BOEING DISTRIBUTION SERVICES DEFENSE LLC$86.8K9.9%
RECON SPINE LLC$76K8.6%
SEYER INDUSTRIES, INC.$63.1K7.2%

Spending by fiscal year

1.4MFY2017
1.4MFY2018
1.7MFY2019
1.2MFY2020
913.7KFY2021
837.5KFY2022
1.1MFY2023
1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$344.9K39%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$119.1K14%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$95.8K11%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$57.3K6.5%
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$39K4.4%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Cottleville, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Cottleville, Missouri's figures are part of those of St. Charles County, MO ($43.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cottleville is mostly in St. Charles County.

See federal money in St. Charles County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cottleville, Missouri is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

St. Charles County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

St. Louis, MO-IL72

Other cities and towns in St. Charles County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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