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Chesterfield, MO

49,645 Population
31.8 square miles 1,559.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$75,489 ±$3,725 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $42,724 ±$283
  • about double the amount in Missouri: $36,754 ±$192
$137,052 ±$8,385 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $75,316 ±$638
  • more than double the amount in Missouri: $65,920 ±$361

3.9% ±1.2% (1,905  ±581) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.5% 288,454 (±0.3% / ±6,870)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 12.8% 766,582 (±0.2% / ±11,744)

22.2 minutes ±1 (434,550  ±32,512) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.3 31,033,160 (±0.2 / ±265,577)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)

Families

20,447 ±566 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,146,082 ±3,454
  • Missouri: 2,458,324 ±6,327
2.4 ±0.1 (48,833  ±64) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,758,796 (±0 / ±444)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,987,423

6.5% ±2.4% (627  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 32,617 (±0.2% / ±1,447)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,551 (±0.2% / ±2,101)

Housing

21,473 ±561 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,261,744 ±283
  • Missouri: 2,795,030 ±544

$437,000 ±$11,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $219,000 ±$1,311
  • more than double the amount in Missouri: $199,400 ±$949

15.5% ±2% (7,638  ±,964.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 12.3% 342,932 (±0.3% / ±7,720.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.6% 827,230 (±0.2% / ±11,018.1)

Social

98.2% ±3.4% (35,297  ±1,463.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93% 1,820,352 (±0.5% / ±10,305.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.3% 3,834,146 (±0.4% / ±14,766.4)
71.8% ±3% (25,802  ±1,234.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 36.8% 719,172 (±0.3% / ±6,453.8)
  • more than double 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

16% ±2.1% (7,939  ±1,019) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.8% 135,239
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 258,202

5.9% ±1% (2,312  ±407) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 164,704 (±0.1% / ±2,893)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.6% 361,097 (±0.1% / ±4,608)
2,312 Total veterans ±407 2,234 Male ±395 78 Female ±58

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