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Silex, MO

383 Population
0.3 square miles 1,328.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±20.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,880 ±$3,196 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $44,689 ±$304
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
N/A Median household income

13.8% ±8.3% (45  ±18) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.3% 283,828 (±0.3% / ±7,339)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

23.3 minutes ±17.3 (2,310  ±1,175) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.1 30,087,170 (±0.2 / ±245,452)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

88 ±44 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,154,841 ±3,246
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
3.4 ±2.4 (297  ±146) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,676 (±0 / ±541)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

2.5% ±4.7% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 32,578 (±0.2% / ±1,463)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

116 ±65 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,267,353 ±337
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$176,100 ±$67,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $232,100 ±$1,247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

9.2% ±11% (35  ±44) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.7% 326,459 (±0.3% / ±7,652.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

93% ±22.2% (225  ±82.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.3% 1,828,862 (±0.5% / ±10,486.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
5% ±16.1% (12  ±39) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 37.6% 736,151 (±0.3% / ±6,591.4)
  • less than a fifth of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10% ±6.8% (27  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.3% 159,471 (±0.1% / ±2,434)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
27 Total veterans ±20 26 Male ±19 1 Female ±3

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