Fletcher, Missouri.
. St. Louis, MO-IL metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$768 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Missouri$1,393
- United States$1,922
Living in Fletcher, Washington County, Missouri
The Census does not count Fletcher on its own, so the figures here are Washington County's. Half the county's households earn more than $56,043 a year and half less; 17% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 78% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 22% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Fletcher sits in Washington County in eastern Missouri, where the Census figures cover the whole county rather than the town alone. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, more than across the country, and residents are somewhat older on the whole. The winters are cold, the summers warm, and snowfall is light, though rain is plentiful through the year.
Work. Across Washington County, many people work in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, in manufacturing, or in shops. Unemployment has fallen over the past year, and the number of jobs has stayed roughly the same. Fewer adults hold a college degree than across the country, commutes tend to be longer, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Taggett Branch runs in or beside the town, making it a simple spot for a walk or a quiet afternoon by the water. Washington State Park is a short drive away and is a protected area suited to a day outdoors. Meramec Caverns, one of the best known tourist attractions in the region, is a longer drive away.
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- 8,920households
- 40.7median age
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 38 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 4,998 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 67°. About 12 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Potosi Southwest weather station, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Elara CaringHome health care agencies257
- Potosi R-iii SchoolsSchool district215FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters211
- Red Wing Shoe Co. PotosiFootwear manufacturing209
- Washington County Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital166FTE
- Kingston K-14 SchoolsSchool district122FTE
- Tide HealthGroupSkilled nursing facilities111
- Great Mines Health Center - PotosiCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient78
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,053 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Washington County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the St. Louis, MO-IL metro.
Fletcher home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
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Zip codes with a Fletcher address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Fletcher — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.