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Herculaneum, MO

4,925 Population
4.2 square miles 1,184.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,178 ±$4,135 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $44,689 ±$304
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$88,778 ±$14,243 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $78,225 ±$675
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

5.5% ±3.8% (255  ±177) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.3% 283,828 (±0.3% / ±7,339)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

29.2 minutes ±2.2 (63,405  ±10,197) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.1 30,087,170 (±0.2 / ±245,452)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,764 ±188 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,154,841 ±3,246
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.7 ±0.3 (4,765  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,676 (±0 / ±541)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

1.5% ±2.4% (15  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 32,578 (±0.2% / ±1,463)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

1,891 ±207 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,267,353 ±337
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$222,100 ±$10,461 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $232,100 ±$1,247
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

12.8% ±5.9% (626  ±289) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.7% 326,459 (±0.3% / ±7,652.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

94.1% ±10.1% (3,104  ±410.1) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
23.4% ±5.1% (773  ±179.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 37.6% 736,151 (±0.3% / ±6,591.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.2% ±0.4% (12  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 141,431
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

4.6% ±2.3% (168  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.3% 159,471 (±0.1% / ±2,434)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
168 Total veterans ±84 168 Male ±84 N/A Female ±12

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