Lake Saint Louis in top 10 of "Best Places to Live" list

KSDK -- Lake Saint Louis is the ninth best small town to live in the country, according to a list released by Money Magazine.

Magazine editors reviewed a number of statistics ranking cities based on job growth, income increases, cost of living, housing affordability, school quality, arts and leisure, safety, health care, diversity and ease of living criteria to come up with the rankings.

Money Magazine cited the 34.48% job growth that has occurred in Lake Saint Louis between 2000 and 2008. SSM St. Joseph Hospital West is the largest employer within Lake Saint Louis. The Highway 40 "High-Tech" corridor in Lake Saint Louis and also St. Charles County also provide many jobs to the area.

Lake Saint Louis (estimated population of 14,000) was created 40 years ago as a planned community centered around two lakes, a golf course and clubhouse facility. The larger lake (Lake Saint Louis) is a 700 acre lake with approximately 19 miles of shoreline. The smaller lake (Lake Saint Louise) is 65 acres large. Over time, the community incorporated as a City which has grown outside the boundaries of the Lake Saint Louis Community Association. Lake Saint Louis Community Association members comprise approximately 80 percent of the residents in Lake Saint Louis.

Ellisville, Missouri, Jackson, Missouri and Glen Carbon, Illinois also are listed in the top 100. Click on the link in the related links section to see the entire list.