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Ferguson, MO

18,546 Population
6.2 square miles 3,006.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,963 ±$2,046 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $42,724 ±$283
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $36,754 ±$192
$47,410 ±$8,780 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $75,316 ±$638
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $65,920 ±$361

21.1% ±4.8% (3,842  ±872) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.5% 288,454 (±0.3% / ±6,870)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.8% 766,582 (±0.2% / ±11,744)

24.5 minutes ±1.7 (178,070  ±21,983) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.3 31,033,160 (±0.2 / ±265,577)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)

Families

7,913 ±563 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,146,082 ±3,454
  • Missouri: 2,458,324 ±6,327
2.3 ±0.2 (18,351  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,758,796 (±0 / ±444)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,987,423

4.7% ±2.5% (218  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 32,617 (±0.2% / ±1,447)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,551 (±0.2% / ±2,101)

Housing

9,270 ±610 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,261,744 ±283
  • Missouri: 2,795,030 ±544

$91,800 ±$7,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $219,000 ±$1,311
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $199,400 ±$949

12.5% ±3.9% (2,289  ±,720.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 12.3% 342,932 (±0.3% / ±7,720.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 13.6% 827,230 (±0.2% / ±11,018.1)

Social

88.7% ±6.9% (10,831  ±1,047.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93% 1,820,352 (±0.5% / ±10,305.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.3% 3,834,146 (±0.4% / ±14,766.4)
22.1% ±3.8% (2,696  ±490) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 36.8% 719,172 (±0.3% / ±6,453.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 31.2% 1,309,838 (±0.2% / ±8,787.6)

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

0.9% ±0.6% (167  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.8% 135,239
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 258,202

5% ±1.5% (688  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 164,704 (±0.1% / ±2,893)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.6% 361,097 (±0.1% / ±4,608)
688 Total veterans ±211 617 Male ±201 71 Female ±55

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