Cost of living in Lemay, Missouri
Simple answer
Typical rent is $881 a month.
Lemay is a Census community, not a separate city government in Missouri. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $60,399 a year.
- People
- 16,228
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $881
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $60,399
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $152,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,349
- St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Lemay, Missouri has about 16,228 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $152,200.
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 Lemay. 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 Lemay'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 Lemay bill.
In July 2026, a typical Missouri home paid 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lemay'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, 186 have higher typical rent than Lemay.
Nearby places
- St. George
Typical rent $833
Compare with Lemay - Affton
Typical rent $1,015
Compare with Lemay - Mehlville
Typical rent $1,066
Compare with Lemay - Lakeshire
Typical rent $1,032
Compare with Lemay - Green Park
Typical rent $992
Compare with Lemay - Marlborough
Typical rent $990
Compare with Lemay - Dupo
Typical rent $912
Compare with Lemay - Concord
Typical rent $1,215
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.