Cost of living in Elsberry, Missouri
Simple answer
Typical rent is $865 a month.
Elsberry is a city in Missouri. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $49,760 a year.
- People
- 1,870
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $865
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $49,760
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $139,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,349
- St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Elsberry, Missouri has about 1,870 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $139,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Lincoln County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Elsberry. 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 Elsberry'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 Elsberry bill.
In July 2026, a typical Missouri home paid 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Elsberry'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, 192 have higher typical rent than Elsberry.
Nearby places
- Winfield
Typical rent $744
Compare with Elsberry - Troy
Typical rent $1,033
Compare with Elsberry - Moscow Mills
Typical rent $1,107
Compare with Elsberry - St. Paul
Typical rent $975
Compare with Elsberry - Carrollton
Typical rent $779
Compare with Elsberry - Louisiana
Typical rent $645
Compare with Elsberry - Wentzville
Typical rent $1,345
- Jerseyville
Typical rent $869
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.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Missouri
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.