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Cost of living in Crystal City, Missouri

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,062 a month.

Crystal City is a city in Missouri. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $72,598 a year.

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People
4,718
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,062
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$72,598
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$185,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,349
St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area

Crystal City, Missouri has about 4,718 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $185,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jefferson County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Crystal City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, prices sit at 95.1 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Missouri taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 8.4% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Crystal City's exact store tax.

Some places in Missouri add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.18% of income. That is not a Crystal City bill.

In July 2026, a typical Missouri home paid 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Crystal City's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Missouri in the table we use.

Among 350 places we list in Missouri with a rent figure, 111 have higher typical rent than Crystal City.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Bigger places in Missouri

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.