There are all types when it comes to being a snob in Missouri. You’ve got your Wine Snobs, Book Snobs, and, of course, Clothes Snobs. Then there are the Technology Snobs, Car Snobs, and yes, even City Snobs — as in, I’m better than you because I live in (insert snooty city here).
How can we tell which Missouri cities are the snobbiest? By measuring snobby things, that’s how.
We used Saturday Night Science to look at things like expensive homes, high incomes, and overly educated populations by city in Missouri. These are the criteria you’d argue with a friend over a foodie dinner about who’s snobbier.
After analyzing 126 of the state’s most populous areas over 5,000 people, we came up with this ranking of the ten snobbiest places in the state of Missouri.
The Missourian in these places aren’t snobby, they just know they’re better than you.
$250,001 median income · $1,331,344 median home · #1 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Ladue is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in central St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2013 census, the city had a population of 8,560.
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$232,534 median income · $1,146,742 median home · #2 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
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$224,327 median income · $693,377 median home · #3 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Des Peres is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,373 at the 2010 census.
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$170,700 median income · $565,844 median home · #5 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Glendale is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,925 at the 2010 census.
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$171,271 median income · $578,744 median home · #4 income in Missouri
Located in
Platte County, Missouri
Parkville is a city in Platte County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,554 at the 2010 census. Parkville is known for its antique shops, art galleries, and historic downtown. The city is home to Park University and English Landing Park.
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$123,000 median income · $871,223 median home · #15 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
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$161,060 median income · $576,009 median home · #6 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
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$133,037 median income · $570,325 median home · #10 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Chesterfield is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, and a Western suburb of St. Louis. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,484, making it the state’s fourteenth-largest city.
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$127,188 median income · $614,771 median home · #12 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Louis County, Missouri
Creve Coeur is a city located in west St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, in Greater St. Louis. The population was 17,833 at the 2010 census. Creve Coeur borders and shares a ZIP code with the neighboring city of Town and Country. It is home to the headquarters of Monsanto and Drury Hotels.
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$158,548 median income · $629,191 median home · #7 income in Missouri
Located in
St. Charles County, Missouri
Weldon Spring is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 5,443 at the 2010 census. It was the location of the largest World War 2 explosives plant and later a uranium refining faculty.
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Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Missouri’s statewide median.
Missouri statewide median: $70,702
Missouri statewide median: $263,040
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Where the snobs live in Missouri
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the snobbiest cities in the Show Me State
Do you think we’d just come up with this list willy-nilly? Not a chance – we only use Saturday Night Science around here.
We gathered up all of the places in Missouri with populations of 5,000 people or more. This left us with a total of 126 places. Then, we looked at each place in terms of these snoot-er-iffic criteria (And no, it’s not a word. English snob.):
- Median home price (Higher is snobbier)
- Median household income (Higher is snobbier)
- Percent of population with a college degree (Higher is snobbier)
Incomes and college education levels come from the American Community Survey. Home prices come from Zillow.
Turned out this simple criteria was much better at sniffing out the snobby places then more snobby criteria like:
- Libaries per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Museums per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Private schools per capita (Higher is snobbier)
From there, we ranked each of our 126 places in each category with scores from one to 126. We then averaged each place’s ranking into one overall score, where the lowest score went to the snobbiest place in Missouri. So let’s all flip a table in honor of Ladue (with our pinkies up, of course.)
Before you get upset and ruin your blowout or something drastic here, let’s remember that this is all in good fun. Would we live in one of these 10 places if we had the chance? Of course, we would.
And it’s not like your real estate agent would ever point out how snobby the town you’re moving to is. We’re here to keep you grounded, even if you’re wearing a monocle.
The full plate
Table: The Snobbiest Cities In Missouri For 2026
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| Rank | City | Snob Score | Population | Median Income | Average Home Prices | Adult Highly Educated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ladue | 1.33 | 8,940 | $250,001 | $1,331,344 | 88.0% |
| 2 | Town and Country | 3.17 | 11,607 | $232,534 | $1,146,742 | 76.0% |
| 3 | Des Peres | 3.67 | 9,170 | $224,327 | $693,377 | 79.0% |
| 4 | Glendale | 5.67 | 6,114 | $170,700 | $565,844 | 90.0% |
| 5 | Parkville | 6.67 | 8,366 | $171,271 | $578,744 | 72.0% |
| 6 | Clayton | 7.00 | 17,380 | $123,000 | $871,223 | 85.0% |
| 7 | Wildwood | 9.50 | 35,133 | $161,060 | $576,009 | 68.0% |
| 8 | Chesterfield | 9.67 | 49,574 | $133,037 | $570,325 | 72.0% |
| 9 | Creve Coeur | 9.83 | 18,643 | $127,188 | $614,771 | 69.0% |
| 10 | Weldon Spring | 10.33 | 5,310 | $158,548 | $629,191 | 58.0% |
| 11 | Sunset Hills | 10.67 | 9,112 | $138,144 | $610,688 | 64.0% |
| 12 | Olivette | 14.33 | 8,645 | $111,660 | $488,323 | 71.0% |
| 13 | Dardenne Prairie | 14.67 | 13,503 | $152,500 | $469,903 | 55.0% |
| 14 | Kirkwood | 14.83 | 29,363 | $121,270 | $462,235 | 68.0% |
| 15 | Webster Groves | 14.83 | 23,712 | $115,227 | $438,955 | 69.0% |
| 16 | Ballwin | 15.67 | 31,279 | $124,626 | $412,225 | 65.0% |
| 17 | Cottleville | 15.83 | 5,937 | $131,310 | $491,929 | 53.0% |
| 18 | Ellisville | 18.33 | 10,002 | $113,309 | $403,570 | 59.0% |
| 19 | Lake St. Louis | 19.17 | 18,066 | $125,693 | $431,422 | 51.0% |
| 20 | Richmond Heights | 20.83 | 9,153 | $94,460 | $390,830 | 76.0% |
| 21 | Eureka | 22.67 | 13,081 | $108,394 | $403,523 | 52.0% |
| 22 | Manchester | 24.67 | 18,160 | $97,801 | $374,848 | 63.0% |
| 23 | Wentzville | 25.83 | 47,061 | $112,394 | $396,786 | 40.0% |
| 24 | Crestwood | 25.83 | 12,295 | $107,169 | $339,629 | 57.0% |
| 25 | O’Fallon | 26.00 | 93,801 | $110,443 | $376,395 | 43.0% |
| 26 | Lee’s Summit | 26.67 | 103,656 | $102,531 | $389,364 | 50.0% |
| 27 | Kearney | 31.00 | 10,885 | $103,622 | $390,530 | 36.0% |
| 28 | Raymore | 32.00 | 24,526 | $104,447 | $356,402 | 37.0% |
| 29 | Brentwood | 33.00 | 8,144 | $99,719 | $265,327 | 75.0% |
| 30 | Greenwood | 34.83 | 6,013 | $107,250 | $355,951 | 34.0% |
| 31 | St. Charles | 35.33 | 71,508 | $85,937 | $344,643 | 43.0% |
| 32 | Smithville | 36.33 | 10,705 | $101,165 | $371,403 | 32.0% |
| 33 | Battlefield | 36.67 | 6,165 | $94,542 | $303,753 | 43.0% |
| 34 | Liberty | 37.50 | 30,689 | $88,542 | $324,253 | 40.0% |
| 35 | St. Peters | 38.00 | 59,092 | $91,637 | $318,220 | 39.0% |
| 36 | Pleasant Hill | 38.00 | 8,847 | $95,602 | $364,998 | 32.0% |
| 37 | Shrewsbury | 39.67 | 6,316 | $80,757 | $285,844 | 54.0% |
| 38 | Columbia | 39.83 | 128,548 | $66,498 | $321,091 | 57.0% |
| 39 | Nixa | 40.67 | 24,836 | $83,385 | $318,320 | 37.0% |
| 40 | Blue Springs | 42.50 | 59,965 | $88,920 | $307,947 | 35.0% |
| 41 | Maryland Heights | 43.83 | 27,880 | $86,436 | $258,829 | 51.0% |
| 42 | Peculiar | 44.67 | 5,958 | $94,519 | $357,230 | 26.0% |
| 43 | Grain Valley | 45.33 | 16,271 | $89,649 | $326,296 | 28.0% |
| 44 | Valley Park | 46.00 | 6,795 | $67,898 | $295,375 | 44.0% |
| 45 | Washington | 47.33 | 15,130 | $79,173 | $306,588 | 33.0% |
| 46 | Carl Junction | 48.67 | 8,339 | $82,879 | $250,863 | 43.0% |
| 47 | Willard | 49.17 | 6,488 | $84,600 | $272,134 | 34.0% |
| 48 | Maplewood | 49.50 | 8,156 | $65,125 | $267,091 | 53.0% |
| 49 | Jackson | 50.33 | 15,659 | $77,105 | $271,918 | 36.0% |
| 50 | Odessa | 50.67 | 5,620 | $100,022 | $256,903 | 31.0% |
| 51 | Ozark | 51.33 | 22,417 | $74,182 | $316,347 | 30.0% |
| 52 | Bridgeton | 51.67 | 11,369 | $72,005 | $273,069 | 36.0% |
| 53 | Herculaneum | 53.33 | 5,071 | $93,438 | $299,331 | 24.0% |
| 54 | Gladstone | 54.67 | 27,207 | $79,271 | $266,727 | 31.0% |
| 55 | Festus | 57.83 | 13,201 | $73,532 | $299,935 | 25.0% |
| 56 | Arnold | 59.33 | 20,956 | $78,370 | $273,572 | 24.0% |
| 57 | Warrensburg | 60.67 | 19,582 | $57,067 | $266,468 | 37.0% |
| 58 | Belton | 62.00 | 25,008 | $69,226 | $270,041 | 26.0% |
| 59 | Republic | 64.00 | 19,829 | $65,729 | $268,263 | 26.0% |
| 60 | Union | 66.00 | 12,781 | $73,435 | $257,223 | 24.0% |
| 61 | Black Jack | 66.33 | 6,589 | $78,331 | $217,916 | 31.0% |
| 62 | Savannah | 67.33 | 5,053 | $62,535 | $266,126 | 26.0% |
| 63 | St. Robert | 68.33 | 5,356 | $62,641 | $231,890 | 32.0% |
| 64 | Troy | 68.83 | 13,947 | $79,012 | $311,433 | 14.0% |
| 65 | Oak Grove | 71.33 | 8,538 | $75,102 | $291,503 | 15.0% |
| 66 | Waynesville | 72.00 | 5,442 | $56,836 | $242,455 | 31.0% |
| 67 | St. Louis | 73.17 | 288,512 | $56,160 | $181,928 | 41.0% |
| 68 | Cape Girardeau | 73.83 | 40,344 | $55,658 | $219,807 | 35.0% |
| 69 | Marshfield | 74.67 | 7,696 | $67,642 | $253,421 | 19.0% |
| 70 | Maryville | 75.17 | 10,428 | $53,352 | $222,767 | 35.0% |
| 71 | Pacific | 76.00 | 7,475 | $62,860 | $245,537 | 21.0% |
| 72 | Harrisonville | 77.00 | 9,970 | $62,473 | $294,225 | 15.0% |
| 73 | Pevely | 77.00 | 6,055 | $56,000 | $273,663 | 19.0% |
| 74 | Raytown | 77.33 | 29,445 | $68,840 | $205,243 | 23.0% |
| 75 | Branson | 79.00 | 12,817 | $51,978 | $248,361 | 27.0% |
| 76 | Florissant | 80.00 | 51,773 | $65,318 | $191,524 | 24.0% |
| 77 | Springfield | 80.67 | 169,954 | $49,311 | $242,870 | 32.0% |
| 78 | Rolla | 80.83 | 20,287 | $46,204 | $237,605 | 35.0% |
| 79 | Excelsior Springs | 81.00 | 10,484 | $72,609 | $223,588 | 17.0% |
| 80 | Warrenton | 81.00 | 9,066 | $61,031 | $299,573 | 12.0% |
| 81 | Bolivar | 82.00 | 11,170 | $49,622 | $252,896 | 27.0% |
| 82 | Neosho | 82.83 | 13,224 | $57,891 | $227,220 | 21.0% |
| 83 | Independence | 83.67 | 121,740 | $60,339 | $208,158 | 22.0% |
| 84 | Overland | 84.33 | 15,695 | $61,773 | $150,450 | 29.0% |
| 85 | Sikeston | 84.67 | 16,320 | $58,915 | $158,611 | 28.0% |
| 86 | Sullivan | 84.67 | 6,310 | $63,370 | $203,783 | 19.0% |
| 87 | Grandview | 85.50 | 26,527 | $53,447 | $216,734 | 25.0% |
| 88 | Joplin | 86.67 | 52,593 | $52,097 | $200,472 | 27.0% |
| 89 | Farmington | 86.67 | 18,282 | $53,729 | $254,729 | 17.0% |
| 90 | Kirksville | 86.83 | 17,563 | $50,071 | $150,865 | 41.0% |
| 91 | Marshall | 87.00 | 13,739 | $54,437 | $181,309 | 26.0% |
| 92 | Boonville | 87.50 | 7,689 | $56,429 | $192,609 | 22.0% |
| 93 | Carthage | 87.67 | 15,574 | $51,328 | $234,176 | 23.0% |
| 94 | Macon | 87.83 | 5,466 | $61,642 | $175,280 | 22.0% |
| 95 | St. Joseph | 88.00 | 71,236 | $57,956 | $180,020 | 23.0% |
| 96 | Hazelwood | 88.00 | 25,114 | $55,908 | $157,629 | 28.0% |
| 97 | Fulton | 88.83 | 12,617 | $51,429 | $245,451 | 20.0% |
| 98 | Cameron | 89.00 | 8,519 | $61,791 | $243,891 | 13.0% |
| 99 | Richmond | 91.17 | 5,959 | $59,556 | $233,566 | 14.0% |
| 100 | Perryville | 92.17 | 8,536 | $51,897 | $222,682 | 20.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, Zillow research. 126 places with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
There You Have It – Now That You’re On Your High Horse
When it comes to snobbery, these places in Missouri are heading ever upward. Residents in these communities are well educated, well paid, and appear to have all the sophisticated culture and entertainment of an Ernst Lubitsch film right at their fingertips.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The snobbiest cities in Missouri are Ladue, Town and Country, Des Peres, Glendale, Parkville, Clayton, Wildwood, Chesterfield, Creve Coeur, and Weldon Spring.
