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Comparing Independence vs Florissant vs Columbia vs Grandview

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Headline numbers

Independence

MO

$1,323

YoY change
+4.1%
Vacancy
3.4%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
39.1%

Florissant

MO

$1,542

YoY change
+4.7%
Vacancy
4.7%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
32.9%

Columbia

MO

$1,441

YoY change
+6.5%
Vacancy
4.9%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
51.3%

Grandview

MO

$1,415

YoY change
+6.1%
Vacancy
2.2%
2-BR rent
—
Cap rate
—
Renter share
50.9%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Independence vs Florissant vs Columbia vs Grandview

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric IndependenceFlorissantColumbiaGrandview
Median household income $60,339$65,318$66,498$53,447
Median age 3937.629.534.7
Renter household share 39.1%32.9%51.3%50.9%
YoY rent change +4.1%+4.7%+6.5%+6.1%
Cap rate (overall) ————
$/unit (MFR) ————

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.