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Chesterfield, MO

49,591 Population
31.8 square miles 1,557.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$77,646 ±$3,724 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $44,689 ±$304
  • about double the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$133,380 ±$8,531 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $78,225 ±$675
  • nearly double the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

3.3% ±1.1% (1,618  ±547) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.3% 283,828 (±0.3% / ±7,339)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

21.9 minutes ±0.4 (403,725  ±22,899) 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 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

20,704 ±528 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,154,841 ±3,246
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.1 (48,821  ±52) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,676 (±0 / ±541)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.2% ±2.6% (493  ±252) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 32,578 (±0.2% / ±1,463)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

21,724 ±500 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,267,353 ±337
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$458,000 ±$10,593 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $232,100 ±$1,247
  • more than double the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

13.8% ±2% (6,790  ±982.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.7% 326,459 (±0.3% / ±7,652.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

98% ±3.1% (35,296  ±1,367.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.3% 1,828,862 (±0.5% / ±10,486.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
72.4% ±2.8% (26,068  ±1,156) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 37.6% 736,151 (±0.3% / ±6,591.4)
  • more than double 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

16.2% ±1.8% (8,011  ±910) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 141,431
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

5.7% ±0.9% (2,219  ±345) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.3% 159,471 (±0.1% / ±2,434)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
2,219 Total veterans ±345 2,131 Male ±335 88 Female ±59

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