Best Luxury Markets in Missouri
Places at the top of the price range, where the median itself reflects a luxury market rather than a starter one.
What this list weighs: Median home price top-decile threshold, to be defined.
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Listed alphabetically, not ranked -- we don't have a defensible scoring methodology to rank these against each other yet, so we won't pretend to.
Best fits families prioritizing a genuinely top-ranked school-district pair (Rockwood or Parkway) and a well-documented low-crime environment; move-up and luxury buyers with the budget for Chesterfield's genuinely above-average home values; and young professionals with a specific career tie to Bayer, RGA, or another Chesterfield-area employer who want a strong highway commute into downtown St. Louis or Clayton.
Read the full page →Best fits retirees and pre-retirees drawn to Creve Coeur's genuinely older population profile and real lake-recreation amenity, along with families and professionals prioritizing top-tier public schools (the real, consistently top-rated Parkway School District) and a biotech/agtech career tie to Bayer Crop Science's North American headquarters, who can absorb Creve Coeur's real, substantial housing-cost and property-tax premium relative to Missouri's statewide averages.
Read the full page →Best fits families and professionals prioritizing top-tier public schools (a real National Blue Ribbon high school) and a genuinely low crime rate, who can absorb Kirkwood's real, substantial housing-cost and property-tax premium relative to Missouri's statewide averages, and who value a distinct, walkable historic downtown with rare-for-the-metro Amtrak access.
Read the full page →Best fits retirees and second-home buyers genuinely drawn to Lake of the Ozarks recreational-lake living, buyers targeting waterfront or near-waterfront property specifically, and anyone prioritizing low property taxes across a genuinely small, lake-centered community.
Read the full page →Best fits families and professionals prioritizing a real, highly-rated public school district and a genuinely low crime rate, who can absorb Webster Groves' real, substantial housing-cost and property-tax premium relative to Missouri's statewide averages, and who value the city's genuine, established historic character and Webster University's institutional presence.
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