Cost of living in Spanish Lake, Missouri
Spanish Lake, Missouri has about 17,873 people. Typical rent is $1,160 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $55,920 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 #134 in Missouri on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,160 a month.
Spanish Lake is a Census community, not a separate city government in Missouri. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $55,920 a year.
- People
- 17,873
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,160
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $55,920
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $135,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,349
- St. Louis, MO-IL HUD Metro FMR Area
Spanish Lake, Missouri has about 17,873 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $135,600.
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 Spanish Lake. 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 Spanish Lake'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 Spanish Lake bill.
In July 2026, a typical Missouri home paid 16.09¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Spanish Lake'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, 76 have higher typical rent than Spanish Lake.
Nearby places
- Glasgow Village
Typical rent $1,229
Compare with Spanish Lake - Bellefontaine Neighbors
Typical rent $1,151
Compare with Spanish Lake - Riverview
Typical rent $803
Compare with Spanish Lake - Black Jack
Typical rent $1,166
Compare with Spanish Lake - Castle Point
Typical rent $1,094
Compare with Spanish Lake - Moline Acres
Typical rent $1,193
Compare with Spanish Lake - Dellwood
Typical rent $1,161
- Old Jamestown
Typical rent $1,835
Compare with Spanish Lake
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.