Census-designated place · Franklin County, Missouri

Villa Ridge, Missouri

Villa Ridge is a census-designated place in Franklin County, Missouri, part of the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area. It has 2,835 residents. Villa Ridge, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,365 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #125 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), loneliness (low) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on injury deaths (high), voter turnout (low) and depression (high).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,365 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #125 of 375 in MO
Population: 2,835 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 576.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2976192

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety35#10,196/15,637
Economy48#8,096/15,631
Housing86#2,168/14,977
Health24#11,907/15,609
Healthcare33#10,487/15,650
Environment45#8,524/15,453
Education67#5,194/15,649
Infrastructure57#6,709/15,650
Community70#4,710/15,651
Leisure & amenities57#6,710/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Villa Ridge, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Franklin 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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.319
93/100Missouri 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Loneliness · low30.3%
90/100Missouri 32.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Social associations · high14.4 /10k
89/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.3×
84/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Pharmacies · high2.2 /10k
82/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFranklin County value
High school diploma or higher · high91.2%
79/100Missouri 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Injury deaths · high139 /100k
6/100Missouri 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFranklin County value
Voter turnout · low56.2%
13/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionFranklin County value
Depression · high27.3%
19/100Missouri 25.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · high40.3%
21/100Missouri 38.9%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an emergency room · high8.8 mi
21/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFranklin County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low16.9%
22/100Missouri 32.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,603 (2015-2019) → 2,835 (2020-2024)
+8.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
78.4% (2015-2019) → 59.3% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 35.0% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
2.2% (2015-2019) → 15.9% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 8.7% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
21.4% (2015-2019) → 13.7% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Villa Ridge, Missouri improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Villa Ridge, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.6 min2015-2019	30.4 min2020-2024	+4.8 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Broadband subscriptions	87.1%2015-2019	94.1%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	1.02%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	90.3%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3682015-2019	0.3192020-2024	−0.049	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$55,3522015-2019	$73,8262020-2024	+33%	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 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 Villa Ridge, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Villa Ridge, 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, Villa Ridge, Missouri itself moved −1.8 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

2,835 residents (±885)

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: 50–59 men (−14.1 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

2,835 residents (±885)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

White89%†2,513
Black1.3%†36
Hispanic or Latino4.2%†

Education

1,922 residents (±531)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma8.8%†169
High school or GED28%†536
Some college37%†

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

1,017 households (±252)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k8.4%†85
$25k–50k14%†145
$50k–75k29%†294
$75k–100k26%†267
$100k–150k14%†142
$150k–200k7.3%†74
$200k or more1.0%†10

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

1,017 households (±252)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

Own83%†845
Rent17%†172

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

172 households (±94)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $7505.8%†10
$750–1,0005.8%†10
$1,000–1,50041%†70

Home values

845 homes (±257)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k43%†364
$150k–250k27%†225
$250k–400k22%†188

Age of homes

1,017 homes (±252)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later6.7%†68
2000–200914%†147
1980–199932%†326

Size of homes

1,017 homes (±252)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms2.9%†30

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

1,157 workers (±289)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone68%790
Carpool13%†145
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home19%†222
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−23.9 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

935 workers (±188)

Villa Ridge, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min6.3%†59
15–29 min46%429
30–44 min24%†225

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 Franklin County, the county holding most of Villa Ridge's residents.

Franklin County has 2,702 employer establishments, 254 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 1.04× Missouri's), with 35,466 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,362. The Census Bureau also counts 8,019 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,702; 8,019 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 254; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 35,466
Average annual pay: $49,362; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	262	24.6	1.59×More than typical	2,604	$61,603	691
Ambulatory health care services	190	17.9	0.86×About typical	1,203	$89,379	226
Restaurants and other eating places	166	15.6	0.85×About typical	3,364	$20,057	21
Construction of buildings	135	12.7	1.68×More than typical	517	$54,870	378
Religious organizations	102	9.6	1.73×More than typical	668	$20,978	—
Building equipment contractors	86	8.1	1.34×More than typical	539	$71,035	93
Automotive repair and maintenance	85	8	1.59×More than typical	400	$47,350	122
Services to buildings and dwellings	85	8	1.18×About typical	532	$42,380	596
Lessors of real estate	77	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	150	$44,687	1,108
Limited-service restaurants	77	7.2	0.90×About typical	1,675	$19,270	8
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	71	6.7	2.12×More than typical	677	$57,762	115
Full-service restaurants	71	6.7	0.87×About typical	1,462	$21,370	9

Rank places for an industry Open Franklin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 106,440 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 Villa Ridge, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
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

54.2KFY2017
2.2KFY2018
3.5KFY2020

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 Villa Ridge, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Villa Ridge, Missouri's figures are part of those of Franklin County, MO ($209.1K 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: Villa Ridge is mostly in Franklin County.

See federal money in Franklin 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.

Villa Ridge, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ann WagnerR-MO-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Franklin County67100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

St. Louis, MO-IL72

Other cities and towns in Franklin 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
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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