#	County	Cost of Living Score	Overall Score
1	Worth County, MO	96.5	59.2
2	Reynolds County, MO	94.9	66.2
3	Ozark County, MO	94.7	60.2
4	Wayne County, MO	94.4	50
5	Clark County, MO	92.8	55.1
6	Wright County, MO	90.8	64.2
7	Chariton County, MO	90	61.3
8	Monroe County, MO	90	58.6
9	Schuyler County, MO	89.9	55.5
10	Iron County, MO	89.8	59.3
11	Atchison County, MO	88.8	58.3
12	Mercer County, MO	88.6	62.8
13	Shelby County, MO	88.6	60.1
14	Linn County, MO	88	61.9
15	Douglas County, MO	87.5	60.8
16	St. Clair County, MO	87.3	59.1
17	Dent County, MO	86.7	55.5
18	Grundy County, MO	86.6	51
19	Shannon County, MO	86.3	61.3
20	Knox County, MO	86	66
21	Washington County, MO	86	51.4
22	Maries County, MO	85.4	64
23	Lewis County, MO	85.3	62.1
24	Ripley County, MO	85.3	49.8
25	Dunklin County, MO	84.9	40.9
26	Dade County, MO	84.7	44.1
27	Texas County, MO	84.4	50.3
28	Hickory County, MO	84.2	57.8
29	Carter County, MO	83.9	57.5
30	Oregon County, MO	83.8	60
31	Bollinger County, MO	83	54.3
32	Holt County, MO	82.7	57.5
33	Dallas County, MO	82.3	59
34	Audrain County, MO	81.5	51.2
35	Harrison County, MO	81.3	50.3
36	Osage County, MO	81.1	67.2
37	Gentry County, MO	80.9	57.1
38	Pemiscot County, MO	80.8	34.6
39	Caldwell County, MO	80.5	64.7
40	Howell County, MO	80.4	49.1
41	Gasconade County, MO	80	59.2
42	New Madrid County, MO	79.8	38.1
43	Pike County, MO	79.2	54.6
44	Sullivan County, MO	78.6	62.4
45	Mississippi County, MO	77.7	35.4
46	Macon County, MO	76.4	52.6
47	Scotland County, MO	76.4	60.6
48	Putnam County, MO	76.3	62.9
49	Vernon County, MO	75.6	42
50	Morgan County, MO	75	53.7
51	Daviess County, MO	74.6	53.6
52	Barton County, MO	74.5	44.6
53	Stoddard County, MO	74.5	47
54	Miller County, MO	74	54.3
55	Ralls County, MO	73.4	61.9
56	Livingston County, MO	71.8	52.7
57	Butler County, MO	71.7	37.9
58	McDonald County, MO	71.4	44.7
59	Barry County, MO	70.6	45.9
60	Carroll County, MO	69.8	58.1
61	Benton County, MO	68.8	50.4
62	Montgomery County, MO	68.2	53.4
63	Cedar County, MO	67.7	45.4
64	Nodaway County, MO	67.5	50.3
65	Saline County, MO	67	42.8
66	Madison County, MO	66.6	46
67	Adair County, MO	66.5	44.3
68	Randolph County, MO	66.2	49.9
69	Henry County, MO	65.3	44.5
70	Bates County, MO	65.2	45.2
71	Marion County, MO	64.8	42.3
72	Ste. Genevieve County, MO	64.2	54
73	DeKalb County, MO	62.7	55.9
74	Moniteau County, MO	62.3	59.1
75	Crawford County, MO	62.1	40.7
76	Lawrence County, MO	61.5	45.6
77	Cooper County, MO	60.8	56.7
78	Polk County, MO	59.5	44.3
79	St. Francois County, MO	59.1	37.2
80	Phelps County, MO	58.9	43
81	Howard County, MO	57.8	52.4
82	Laclede County, MO	57.8	43.7
83	Newton County, MO	56.2	42.6
84	Scott County, MO	56	54
85	Webster County, MO	55.4	50
86	Pettis County, MO	54.1	41.1
87	Stone County, MO	52	52.2
88	Ray County, MO	51.2	42.2
89	Cole County, MO	48.7	54.9
90	Camden County, MO	46.1	48.5
91	Lafayette County, MO	45.8	56.2
92	Perry County, MO	43	47.2
93	Taney County, MO	42.9	42.2
94	Buchanan County, MO	42.6	31.1
95	Callaway County, MO	42	39.7
96	Jasper County, MO	39.6	32
97	Andrew County, MO	39.2	53.8
98	Cape Girardeau County, MO	38.8	42.6
99	Franklin County, MO	36.6	42.5
100	Johnson County, MO	34.1	44.9
101	Greene County, MO	33.3	54.4
102	Pulaski County, MO	30.3	49.8
103	Warren County, MO	28.9	43.2
104	St. Louis city, MO	27.4	26.2
105	Lincoln County, MO	26.5	45
106	Jefferson County, MO	25.6	40.4
107	Clinton County, MO	25.3	47.7
108	Christian County, MO	23.6	38.5
109	Boone County, MO	21.9	39.5
110	Jackson County, MO	18.1	35.7
111	Cass County, MO	16	33.2
112	St. Louis County, MO	15.4	36.6
113	Clay County, MO	13.4	45.5
114	Platte County, MO	10.7	45.2
115	St. Charles County, MO	10.1	48.2

Data Source

Cost of Living data from CostByCounty. See full details at CostByCounty. Data updated February 2026.