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Place dossier plate
SheetMO-FRONTENAC-MO · Frontenac, MO 3,669 pop · income 99th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Frontenac
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Frontenac on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
El Dorado Spr… · lowest
31,982
El Dorado Spr… · lowest
31,982 median HH income
14.1% of the leader · rank #1
Woodacre · near
225,521
Woodacre · near
225,521 median HH income
99.6% of the leader · rank #2
Deans · near
225,750
Deans · near
225,750 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #3
Frontenac · this city
225,813
Frontenac · this city
225,813 median HH income
99.7% of the leader · rank #4
Briarcliff Ma… · near
226,053
Briarcliff Ma… · near
226,053 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
El Granada · highest
226,384
El Granada · highest
226,384 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Frontenac on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,669.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Frontenac - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Frontenac places in the 99th percentile for household income and the 32nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
99th
percentile, household income
97th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
32nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Frontenac, MO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 3,669 residents in Frontenac, a small town within Missouri. Frontenac households earn a median of $225,813 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.5%. Frontenac's housing stock carries a median value of $1,004,500, and the median resident age is 45.8 years. About 86.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 53.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 10 residential building permits were authorized in Frontenac (Construction Slowdown), down 63% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 1991.2 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Missouri at 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $972 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Missouri's average monthly utility costs around $219 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Frontenac's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to population change to reported crime to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Frontenac, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Frontenac?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Frontenac growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +166 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 10 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Frontenac?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1991.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 13% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Frontenac?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Northwoods (3,654 residents, $40,787 income); Moscow Mills (3,647 residents, $68,451 income); Whiteman AFB (3,713 residents, $60,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Rutherfordton, NC (3,669 residents); Thomasville, AL (3,668 residents); Nome, AK (3,668 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Frontenac?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
73.7%
Work from home
15.0%
Public transit
0.3%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,535 workers age 16+.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$225,813
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
86.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A-
49 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate A-
2.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Frontenac profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $225,813
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 86.9%
Violent crime: 84/100 (A-) · 49 /100k
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Poverty rate: 82/100 (A-) · 2.5%
Where Frontenac sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Frontenac's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Frontenac highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Frontenac, MO (this city): home $1,004,500, crime 1,991/100k
Rutherfordton, NC : home $226,900, crime 3,621/100k
Thomasville, AL : home $177,000, crime 3,218/100k
Nome, AK : home $338,900, crime 1,547/100k
Indian Rocks Beach, FL : home $707,700, crime 1,764/100k
Moscow Mills, MO : home $186,900, crime 543/100k
Palmyra, MO : home $165,000, crime 1,141/100k
El Dorado Springs, MO : home $83,700, crime 1,765/100k
Malden, MO : home $88,900, crime 2,278/100k
How does Frontenac compare to other US cities?
Where Frontenac sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income99% higher than other cities
Home value97% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety32% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Missouri alone, Frontenac ranks #146 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Frontenac against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Frontenac near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Frontenac ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Frontenac only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#6 of 842
99th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#4 of 833
100th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#720 of 875
17th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#4 of 875
100th percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
99th percentile nationally for median household income · 32nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Frontenac's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Frontenac's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Frontenac's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,004,5003rd percentilemore affordable than 3% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Frontenac's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,872 of 15,516
More affordable than 23% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,111 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.4×, Frontenac sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,872 of 15,516 and #9,111 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$225,813Frontenac, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Frontenac, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Frontenac, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)86.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)53.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,669
Median Income
$225,813
Median Home Value
$1,004,500
Median Age
45.8
Poverty Rate
2.5%
Labor force participation
53.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
86.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1991.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
49.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1942.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Frontenac's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,624 residents
2021
3,691 residents
2022
3,707 residents
2023
3,734 residents
2024
3,777 residents
2025
3,790 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
10
housing units authorized
Single-Family
10
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
27
27
0
$19.8M
2020
36
36
0
$24.6M
2021
20
20
0
$13.4M
2022
19
19
0
$12.8M
2023
17
17
0
$22.7M
2024
10
10
0
$13.3M
Permit volume decreased 63% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.7%
Carpool
6.1%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
15.0%
Other
4.4%
Based on 1,535 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Frontenac. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Frontenac is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Frontenac sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Frontenac compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.