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Tesson Ferry township, St. Louis County, MO

38,647 Population
20.1 square miles 1,920.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in St. Louis County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,429 ±$3,431 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in St. Louis County: $51,977 ±$680
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,505 ±$7,404 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in St. Louis County: $82,936 ±$1,390
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±1.4% (2,400  ±545) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 9.8% 95,259 (±0.5% / ±4,455)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±0.8 (368,770  ±29,938) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in St. Louis County: 23.1 9,237,315 (±0.3 / ±144,478)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,209 ±726 Number of households
  • St. Louis County: 413,849 ±1,712
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (37,895  ±1,514) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Louis County: 2.4 975,590 (±0 / ±178)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±1.6% (282  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in St. Louis County: 5% 11,304 (±0.4% / ±847)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,120 ±681 Number of housing units
  • St. Louis County: 446,192 ±189
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$327,100 ±$8,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in St. Louis County: $276,800 ±$2,745
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±2.9% (4,593  ±1,105.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in St. Louis County: 11.9% 116,678 (±0.4% / ±4,213.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±3% (28,198  ±1,407.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in St. Louis County: 94.5% 655,172 (±0.9% / ±6,357.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.2% ±2.6% (13,208  ±921.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in St. Louis County: 47.4% 328,701 (±0.6% / ±4,288.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.8% ±1.3% (2,255  ±496) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Louis County: 8.4% 83,143
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.3% (2,379  ±437) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in St. Louis County: 6% 46,673 (±0.2% / ±1,500)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,379 Total veterans ±437 1,987 Male ±323 392 Female ±309

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