Census Reporter

St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area

2,806,349 Population
7,863.7 square miles 356.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,995 ±$270 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $37,306 ±$155
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$65,725 ±$464 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $68,428 ±$267
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

10.7% ±0.3% (293,652  ±6,984) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 12% 1,488,670 (±0.2% / ±18,242)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

25.8 minutes ±0.2 (33,184,560  ±251,887) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 29 164,929,595 (±0.1 / ±812,306)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,137,735 ±3,838 Number of households
  • Illinois: 4,884,061 ±8,585
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (2,750,743  ±2,752) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,419,358
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.4% ±0.2% (34,816  ±1,579) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 154,995 (±0.1% / ±2,932)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,262,226 ±1,174 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,373,385 ±564
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$179,200 ±$1,084 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $202,100 ±$886
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13% ±0.3% (360,720  ±7,504.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 12.5% 1,566,568 (±0.1% / ±15,162.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92.5% ±0.5% (1,803,973  ±10,018.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 89.7% 7,788,362 (±0.3% / ±21,479.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
35.4% ±0.3% (690,126  ±6,113.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 35.5% 3,085,274 (±0.2% / ±13,375)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

4.8% ±0.1% (135,168  ±3,490) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 13.9% 1,773,067 (±0.1% / ±11,518)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

8.2% ±0.1% (178,831  ±2,723) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5.6% 553,593 (±0.1% / ±4,742)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
178,831 Total veterans ±2,723 163,348 Male ±2,620 15,483 Female ±1,052

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