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St. Louis, MO

279,695 Population
61.7 square miles 4,531.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$44,949 ±$2,492 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $46,578 ±$690
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
$53,374 ±$4,332 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $81,679 ±$1,475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703

21.7% ±2% (58,803  ±5,341) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.4% 285,467 (±0.6% / ±16,704)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)

23.6 minutes ±1.4 (2,977,615  ±209,739) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.4 31,241,990 (±0.3 / ±540,100)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 24 64,725,120 (±0.3 / ±854,277)

Families

148,637 ±2,621 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,178,246 ±7,018
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
1.8 ±0 (269,026  ±275) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.3 2,749,721 (±0 / ±2,332)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606

3.7% ±1.4% (2,742  ±1,076) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.2% 27,450 (±0.4% / ±2,625)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)

Housing

174,694 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,286,066 ±1,422
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391

$214,500 ±$13,575 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $268,300 ±$3,432
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059

16.3% ±2% (45,109  ±5,532.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11% 306,426 (±0.6% / ±15,757)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)

Social

90.8% ±3.7% (187,321  ±7,653.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.6% 1,854,586 (±1.1% / ±22,324.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
45% ±2.4% (92,731  ±4,970.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.5% 781,826 (±0.7% / ±13,502.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)

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

8.8% (24,572  ±4,176) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5.6% 156,362 (±0.3% / ±8,417)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514

5.5% ±0.8% (12,555  ±1,932) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 6.9% 153,056 (±0.3% / ±7,144)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
12,555 Total veterans ±1,932 10,665 Male ±1,839 1,890 Female ±760

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