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Tesson Ferry township, St. Louis County, MO

38,721 Population
20.1 square miles 1,924.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in St. Louis County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,563 ±$2,446 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in St. Louis County: $51,085 ±$610
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$77,615 ±$7,464 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in St. Louis County: $81,340 ±$1,143
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

6.7% ±1.9% (2,557  ±717) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 9.6% 93,427 (±0.4% / ±3,862)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

23 minutes ±0.2 (376,515  ±27,188) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in St. Louis County: 23.3 9,605,730 (±0.3 / ±148,052)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

17,271 ±810 Number of households
  • St. Louis County: 414,739 ±1,617
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±0 (38,042  ±1,794) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Louis County: 2.4 977,242 (±0 / ±153)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

4.8% ±2.1% (371  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in St. Louis County: 5% 11,310 (±0.4% / ±883)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

18,064 ±768 Number of housing units
  • St. Louis County: 445,472 ±181
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$304,500 ±$11,709 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in St. Louis County: $260,700 ±$2,616
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

13.2% ±2.9% (5,070  ±1,118.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in St. Louis County: 12% 118,506 (±0.5% / ±4,611.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

96.6% ±2% (27,994  ±1,338) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in St. Louis County: 94.4% 653,857 (±0.9% / ±6,400.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
45.9% ±2.4% (13,307  ±893.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in St. Louis County: 46.9% 324,957 (±0.6% / ±4,240.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.6% ±1.3% (2,166  ±497) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 8.1% 80,825
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7.6% ±1.5% (2,457  ±482) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in St. Louis County: 6.1% 47,020 (±0.2% / ±1,424)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
2,457 Total veterans ±482 2,126 Male ±319 331 Female ±324

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