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Chesterfield, MO

49,574 Population
31.8 square miles 1,557.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$75,850 ±$3,485 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $45,864 ±$341
  • nearly double the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
$133,037 ±$6,243 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $80,196 ±$701
  • nearly double the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325

3.9% ±1% (1,913  ±502) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.5% 288,411 (±0.3% / ±7,791)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)

21.6 minutes ±0.5 (376,215  ±26,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 24.9 29,218,560 (±0.2 / ±265,717)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

20,811 ±517 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,160,386 ±3,136
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
2.4 ±0.1 (48,831  ±49) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,388 (±0 / ±453)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070

5.4% ±2.5% (509  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.9% 31,839 (±0.2% / ±1,447)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)

Housing

21,603 ±574 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,273,302 ±326
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043

$472,500 ±$9,296 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $244,800 ±$1,415
  • about double the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880

13.2% ±1.8% (6,481  ±868.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.4% 316,977 (±0.3% / ±7,177.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)

Social

98% ±3.6% (35,411  ±1,453.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.6% 1,840,791 (±0.5% / ±10,454.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
72.5% ±3.1% (26,206  ±1,209.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.2% 750,935 (±0.3% / ±6,330)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)

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

16% ±1.6% (7,918  ±813) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5.2% 146,100
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967

5.5% ±1% (2,141  ±382) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 155,770 (±0.1% / ±2,618)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
2,141 Total veterans ±382 2,042 Male ±376 99 Female ±57

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