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St. Louis, MO

286,578 Population
61.7 square miles 4,643.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 40 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,945 ±$1,670 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $42,950 ±$764
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $36,640 ±$419
$52,847 ±$2,927 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $74,531 ±$1,073
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $64,811 ±$733

20.4% ±2.8% (56,122  ±7,586) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11% 300,985 (±0.6% / ±16,505)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.2% 791,030 (±0.4% / ±21,823)

22.6 minutes ±0.8 (2,819,345  ±151,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 24.9 28,947,280 (±0.3 / ±477,815)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,037,284 (±0.2 / ±718,455)

Families

148,348 ±3,079 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,168,546 ±6,790
  • Missouri: 2,521,832 ±11,480
1.9 ±0 (275,693  ±323) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,741,079 (±0 / ±2,254)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,014,174

4.4% ±1.4% (3,398  ±1,068) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5.2% † 33,133 (±0.6% / ±3,739)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.3% 74,145 (±0.4% / ±5,045)

Housing

174,049 ±189 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,272,892 ±1,185
  • Missouri: 2,826,295 ±607

$190,400 ±$11,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $237,700 ±$2,868
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $221,200 ±$2,019

15% ±1.7% (42,517  ±4,916) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.4% 314,869 (±0.6% / ±15,793)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.9% 790,852 (±0.3% / ±21,003.3)

Social

92.1% ±3.8% (192,953  ±7,918.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.3% 1,830,008 (±1.1% / ±21,807.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,878,393 (±0.7% / ±30,655)
41.9% ±2.5% (87,730  ±5,166.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.2% 748,165 (±0.7% / ±13,583.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 32.2% 1,364,017 (±0.4% / ±18,291.8)

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

6.2% (17,611  ±2,638) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.6% 129,604 (±0.2% / ±6,373)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.1% 252,575

5.9% ±0.9% (13,832  ±2,103) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 6.9% 150,381 (±0.3% / ±6,161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,834 (±0.2% / ±9,753)
13,832 Total veterans ±2,103 12,476 Male ±1,786 1,356 Female ±863

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