City · St. Louis County, Missouri

Pine Lawn, Missouri

Pine Lawn is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area. It has 2,716 residents. Pine Lawn, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,665 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #303 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on public transit commuters (high), pharmacies (high) and primary care physicians (high). It ranks worst on lack of reliable transportation (high), food insecurity (high) and physical inactivity (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,665 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #303 of 375 in MO
Population: 2,716 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 4,386.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2957800

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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
Economy10#14,129/15,631
Housing38#9,269/14,977
Health15#13,332/15,609
Healthcare80#3,189/15,650
Environment13#13,428/15,453
Education34#10,350/15,649
Infrastructure46#8,488/15,650
Community56#6,891/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,055/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pine Lawn, 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

Public transit commuters · high8.2%
96/100Missouri 0.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
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 · high33.0%
0/100Missouri 8.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high56.7%
0/100Missouri 14.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high53.6%
0/100Missouri 31.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · high46.2%
0/100Missouri 22.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high34.7%
0/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high26.2%
0/100Missouri 19.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,579 (2015-2019) → 2,716 (2020-2024)
−24%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
63.9% (2015-2019) → 91.9% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
66.8% (2015-2019) → 45.5% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
33.3% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
26.1% (2015-2019) → 12.4% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.378 (2015-2019) → 0.607 (2020-2024)
+61%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Pine Lawn, Missouri improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined2

Inequality+0.2290.378 → 0.607
Rent / income+18 points33.3% → 51.0%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Pine Lawn, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.0 min2015-2019	24.5 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	73.1%2015-2019	74.5%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Child poverty rate	66.8%2015-2019	45.5%2020-2024	−21 points	Within the margin of error	94%
High school diploma or higher	78.8%2015-2019	76.0%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3782015-2019	0.6072020-2024	+0.229	Declined	0%
Median household income	$31,8382015-2019	$24,8372020-2024	−22%	Within the margin of error	1%
Poverty rate	43.8%2015-2019	42.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent as share of income	33.3%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+18 points	Declined	3%
Rent-burdened households	63.9%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+28 points	Within the margin of error	4%

“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 Pine Lawn, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pine Lawn, 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, Pine Lawn, Missouri itself moved −19.3 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

2,716 residents (±17)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

1,068 households (±210)

Pine Lawn, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k50%†537
$25k–50k38%†409
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,068 households (±210)

Pine Lawn, Missouri
Missouri share

Own27%†290
Rent73%778

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

647 workers (±123)

Pine Lawn, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone74%478
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit8.2%†53

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 Pine Lawn'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 $45.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Pine Lawn, Missouri: $16,881 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $45.8M; +16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $16,881; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; 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

Defense Health Agency$45.7M99.6%
Department of the Air Force$120.9K0.3%
Food Safety and Inspection Service$30.6K0.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs$24.3K0.1%
Department of the Navy$3,6300.0%
Office of Procurement Operations$1,4130.0%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$4990.0%

Top recipients

EVERNORTH FEDERAL SERVICES INC$45.7M99.6%
DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC$120.9K0.3%
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC$29.6K0.1%
BIOMERIEUX INC$16.8K0.0%
THE REMI GROUP LLC$9,7500.0%
CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC

Spending by fiscal year

45.3MFY2017
47.7MFY2018
42.5MFY2019
52.3MFY2020
50.7MFY2021
49.2MFY2022
44.9MFY2023
35.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$45.7M99.6%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$120.9K0.3%
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$24.3K0.1%
Electronic and precision equipment repair and maintenance · 8112$19.1K0.0%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$7,4780.0%
Waste collection · 5621$3,991

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 Pine Lawn, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Pine Lawn, Missouri's figures are part of those of St. Louis County, MO ($7.3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Pine Lawn 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.

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

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

St. Louis County71100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

St. Louis, MO-IL72

Other cities and towns in St. Louis County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

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