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St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2,809,527 Population
7,863.5 square miles 357.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,578 ±$690 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,679 ±$1,475 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.4% ±0.6% (285,467  ±16,704) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.4 minutes ±0.3 (31,241,990  ±540,100) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,178,246 ±7,018 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (2,749,721  ±2,332) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±0.4% (27,450  ±2,625) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

1,286,066 ±1,422 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$268,300 ±$3,432 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11% ±0.6% (306,426  ±15,757) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.6% ±1.1% (1,854,586  ±22,324.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.5% ±0.7% (781,826  ±13,502.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7.3% ±0.4% (194,233  ±10,346.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

5.6% ±0.3% (156,362  ±8,417) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.9% ±0.3% (153,056  ±7,144) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
153,056 Total veterans ±7,144 136,001 Male ±6,757 17,055 Female ±2,430

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