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Jefferson City, MO
Jefferson City, MO
Jefferson City, MO
Jefferson City, MO
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gross metro product
$7.5B
population
151.5K
median household income
$53,557
median home price
$158,000
cost of living
13% below nat'l avg
college attainment
25.8%
unemployment
2.8%
major industries
Government, Publishing, Health care
job growth
-1% (year: 2018)
As of October 2019
population
43.0K
median home price
$157,000
cost of living
84
As of August 2020
Jefferson City, named for President Thomas Jefferson, is located at the western edge of the Missouri Rhineland, one of the major wine-producing regions of the Midwest. The cityscape is dominated by the domed Capitol, rising from a bluff overlooking the Missouri River to the north. Popular cultural sites in the city include the Missouri Governor's Mansion, the Lohman Building, considered one of the oldest buildings in the city, the Graham Cave State Park, the Missouri State Museum, Jefferson Landing Historic Site and the
Museum of Missouri Military History.
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Picturesque capital city and Missouri River town of 43,000, between St. Louis and Kansas City. Median home price $157,000, 45% below national median. Cost of living 16% below national average. PROS: Adequate doctors per capita. Good air quality. Comfortable climate. Low serious crime rate. No state estate/inheritance tax. Somewhat bikeable. CONS: State income tax on Social Security earnings. Not very walkable. NOTED: Elevation 650 feet. Returnee to list. TRIVIA: Named for Thomas Jefferson, while he was still alive.
Sources: Moody's Analytics; Sperling's BestPlaces; U.S. Census.
Numbers as of October 2019
a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a median-priced single-family home. An index above 100 signifies that the family has surplus income.
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