Census-designated place · St. Louis County, Missouri

Castle Point, Missouri

Castle Point is a census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area. It has 2,340 residents. Castle Point, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 32 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,672 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #264 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), pharmacies (high) and primary care physicians (high). It ranks worst on lack of reliable transportation (high), rent as share of income (high) and physical inactivity (high).

32Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,672 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #264 of 375 in MO
Population: 2,340 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 3,850.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2911908

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety9#14,147/15,637
Economy13#13,648/15,631
Housing43#8,591/14,977
Health18#12,766/15,609
Healthcare90#1,522/15,650
Environment13#13,428/15,453
Education40#9,327/15,649
Infrastructure51#7,623/15,650
Community61#6,133/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,055/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Castle Point, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “St. Louis County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
97/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Pharmacies · high3.0 /10k
96/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSt. Louis County value
Primary care physicians · high124 /100k
94/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Louis County value
Flu vaccinations · high55.0%
93/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Louis County value
Distance to an airport · low10 mi
89/100Missouri 40 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSt. Louis County value
Mammography screening · high54.0%
88/100Missouri 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Louis County value

Weaknesses

Lack of reliable transportation · high20.5%
2/100Missouri 8.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Missouri 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Physical inactivity · high40.9%
2/100Missouri 31.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high46.2%
3/100Missouri 38.9%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high37.0%
4/100Missouri 14.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Median household income · low$37,679
4/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,820 (2015-2019) → 2,340 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
20.3% (2015-2019) → 4.5% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Public transit commutersWorsening
16.1% (2015-2019) → 2.3% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
40.9% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
25.9% (2015-2019) → 34.1% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
6.6% (2015-2019) → 13.4% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Castle Point, Missouri improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+23%$30,616 → $37,679

Declined1

Rent / income+10 points40.9% → 51.0%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Castle Point, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.9 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	−5.6 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Broadband subscriptions	85.9%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Child poverty rate	47.0%2015-2019	47.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Effective property tax rate	2.07%2015-2019	2.00%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
High school diploma or higher	89.0%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4122020-2024	−0.051	Within the margin of error	84%
Median household income	$30,6162015-2019	$37,6792020-2024	+23%	Improved	40%
Poverty rate	25.9%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent as share of income	40.9%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	9%
Rent-burdened households	65.3%2015-2019	64.3%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Castle Point, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Castle Point, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Castle Point, Missouri itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,340 residents (±596)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+10.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,340 residents (±596)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

White7.1%†167
Black86%†2,001
Hispanic or Latino3.3%†

Education

1,204 residents (±263)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma6.7%†81
High school or GED31%†369
Some college35%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

845 households (±197)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k27%†227
$25k–50k42%†354
$50k–75k18%†153
$75k–100k6.0%†51
$100k–150k5.3%†45
$150k–200k0.5%†4
$200k or more1.3%†11

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

845 households (±197)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

Own66%561
Rent34%†284

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+25.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

244 households (±139)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $7507.4%†18
$750–1,00027%†67
$1,000–1,50047%†114

Home values

561 homes (±165)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k97%†545
$150k–250k2.9%†16
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

1,099 homes (±175)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20092.3%†25
1980–19994.2%†46

Size of homes

1,099 homes (±175)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.5%†6
2 bedrooms15%†160

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

793 workers (±257)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone58%†460
Carpool18%†143
Public transit2.3%†18
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†106
Other8.3%†66

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Public transit (−13.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

687 workers (±258)

Castle Point, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min11%†73
15–29 min69%†477
30–44 min8.7%†60

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the St. Louis, MO-IL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of St. Louis County, the county holding most of Castle Point's residents.

St. Louis County has 29,717 employer establishments, 300 for every 10,000 residents (1.21× the US rate of 248; 1.23× Missouri's), with 629,036 paid employees at an average annual pay of $73,734. The Census Bureau also counts 89,735 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 29,717; 89,735 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 300; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 629,036
Average annual pay: $73,734; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of St. Louis County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,224	32.6	1.56×More than typical	36,628	$76,890	4,848
Restaurants and other eating places	1,798	18.2	0.99×About typical	38,574	$24,153	326
Lessors of real estate	1,289	13	1.06×About typical	10,383	$70,273	9,990
Individual and family services	1,262	12.7	4.55×More than typical	10,320	$30,221	576
Specialty trade contractors	1,246	12.6	0.81×About typical	24,229	$84,529	3,357
Offices of physicians	1,081	10.9	1.69×More than typical	12,502	$129,601	1,184
Limited-service restaurants	876	8.8	1.10×About typical	16,579	$21,268	142
Offices of other health practitioners	831	8.4	1.38×More than typical	6,237	$50,380	2,049
Insurance agencies and brokerages	770	7.8	1.77×More than typical	7,505	$99,795	1,620
Services to buildings and dwellings	744	7.5	1.11×About typical	11,136	$38,364	4,008
Legal services	718	7.3	1.35×More than typical	4,215	$105,242	1,204
Full-service restaurants	708	7.2	0.93×About typical	19,137	$27,322	124

Rank places for an industry Open St. Louis County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 989,977 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Castle Point, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

14.1KFY2017
11.2KFY2018
7.4KFY2019
20.1KFY2020
865.5FY2021
45.3KFY2022
1.4KFY2023
70.6KFY2024
1.2KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Castle Point, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Castle Point, Missouri's figures are part of those of St. Louis County, MO ($7.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Castle Point is mostly in St. Louis County.

See federal money in St. Louis County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Castle Point, Missouri is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).