Cost of living in Ferguson, Missouri
Ferguson, Missouri has about 18,213 people. Typical rent is $1,119 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $47,524 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Ranked #139 in Missouri on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,119 a month.
Ferguson is a city in Missouri. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $47,524 a year.
- People
- 18,213
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,119
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $47,524
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $109,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,349
- St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Ferguson, Missouri has about 18,213 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $109,900.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in St. Louis County is $1,349 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Ferguson. 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 Ferguson'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 Ferguson bill.
In July 2026, a typical Missouri home paid 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Ferguson'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, 91 have higher typical rent than Ferguson.
Nearby places
- Dellwood
Typical rent $1,161
Compare with Ferguson - Calverton Park
Typical rent $1,238
Compare with Ferguson - Cool Valley
Typical rent $992
Compare with Ferguson - Berkeley
Typical rent $1,074
Compare with Ferguson - Jennings
Typical rent $961
Compare with Ferguson - Castle Point
Typical rent $1,094
Compare with Ferguson - Flordell Hills
Typical rent $1,169
- Pasadena Hills
Typical rent $968
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.