Cost of living in Jefferson County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,349 a month.
That HUD number covers Jefferson County, Missouri, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,064
- 1 bed
- $1,104
- 2 bed
- $1,349
- 3 bed
- $1,731
- 4 bed
- $1,997
This county is in the St. Louis, MO-IL area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 95.1 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Arnold · 20,956 people
- Festus · 13,201 people
- Murphy · 8,285 people
- De Soto · 6,470 people
- Pevely · 6,055 people
- Barnhart · 5,785 people
- Imperial · 5,488 people
- Herculaneum · 5,071 people
- Crystal City · 4,718 people
- High Ridge · 3,714 people
- Hillsboro · 3,500 people
- Byrnes Mill · 3,189 people
- Raintree Plantation · 2,047 people
- LaBarque Creek · 1,457 people
- Cedar Hill · 1,261 people
- Summer Set · 1,236 people