Scores by category

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

Safety87#1,976/15,637
Economy89#1,792/15,631
Housing68#4,767/14,977
Health74#4,045/15,609
Healthcare70#4,690/15,650
Environment9#13,999/15,453
Education94#1,001/15,649
Infrastructure76#3,688/15,650
Community79#3,221/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,149/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wentzville, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “St. Charles 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

Loneliness · low29.8%
93/100Missouri 32.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
93/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSt. Charles County value
Broadband subscriptions · high96.4%
91/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Flu vaccinations · high54.0%
90/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Charles County value
Reading scores · high3.32
89/100Missouri 2.98United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Charles County value
Child poverty rate · low7.3%
89/100Missouri 15.3%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high6 days
13/100Missouri 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySt. Charles County value
Comfortable days · low23.6%
16/100Missouri 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSt. Charles County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high207 min
17/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSt. Charles County value
Grocery stores · low1.1 /10k
19/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSt. Charles County value
Social associations · low7.0 /10k
23/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Charles County value
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
25/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSt. Charles County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
38,841 (2015-2019) → 47,061 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
17.9 /1k (2021) → 5.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−71%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.5% (2015-2019) → 51.7% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.2% (2015-2019) → 96.4% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$90,403 (2015-2019) → $112,394 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
35.3% (2015-2019) → 39.6% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Wentzville, Missouri improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved3

Bachelor's++4.3 points35.3% → 39.6%
Household income+24%$90,403 → $112,394
Broadband+5.2 points91.2% → 96.4%

Declined2

Uninsured+1.7 points3.6% → 5.4%
Price / income+0.4×2.5× → 2.9×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Wentzville, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.8 min2015-2019	27.8 min2020-2024	−0.9 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	63%
Broadband subscriptions	91.2%2015-2019	96.4%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	33%
Child poverty rate	6.6%2015-2019	7.3%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Effective property tax rate	1.26%2015-2019	1.15%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	39%
High school diploma or higher	94.0%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3512015-2019	0.3832020-2024	+0.032	Within the margin of error	26%
Median household income	$90,4032015-2019	$112,3942020-2024	+24%	Improved	42%
Poverty rate	5.6%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent as share of income	27.4%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Rent-burdened households	44.5%2015-2019	51.7%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	3.2%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.6%2015-2019	5.4%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Declined	27%

“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 Wentzville, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wentzville, 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, Wentzville, Missouri itself moved −5.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

47,061 residents (±39)

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: Under 10 women (−2.3 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

47,061 residents (±39)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

White84%39,637
Black6.6%3,114
Hispanic or Latino3.3%†1,561

Education

30,025 residents (±633)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma5.5%1,647
High school or GED21%6,204
Some college22%6,663

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

16,294 households (±489)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k7.1%1,161
$25k–50k8.9%1,456
$50k–75k14%2,319
$75k–100k14%2,231
$100k–150k26%4,219
$150k–200k16%2,660
$200k or more14%2,248

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−7.0 points).

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

16,294 households (±489)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

Own82%13,442
Rent18%2,852

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

2,651 households (±419)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75019%†499
$750–1,00013%†336
$1,000–1,50032%†853

Home values

13,442 homes (±493)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k6.7%†896
$150k–250k16%2,155
$250k–400k50%6,728

Age of homes

16,601 homes (±499)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later40%6,631
2000–200941%6,855
1980–19998.9%1,479

Size of homes

16,601 homes (±499)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio1.4%†235
1 bedroom4.3%706
2 bedrooms13%2,096

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

23,760 workers (±683)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone74%17,573
Carpool6.6%1,569
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.7%†174
Bike0.0%0
Work from home18%4,239
Other0.9%†205

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−14.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

19,521 workers (±754)

Wentzville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min25%4,878
15–29 min31%5,995
30–44 min28%5,458

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. Charles County, the county holding most of Wentzville's residents.

St. Charles County has 8,946 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Missouri's), with 143,624 paid employees at an average annual pay of $56,505. The Census Bureau also counts 33,519 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,946; 33,519 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 143,624
Average annual pay: $56,505; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	766	18.3	0.88×About typical	6,102	$71,352	1,291
Restaurants and other eating places	738	17.7	0.96×About typical	17,815	$21,900	124
Specialty trade contractors	691	16.6	1.07×About typical	6,676	$68,601	1,862
Lessors of real estate	431	10.3	0.84×About typical	1,331	$44,655	3,752
Services to buildings and dwellings	352	8.4	1.25×More than typical	3,059	$41,380	1,434
Limited-service restaurants	333	8	0.99×About typical	7,082	$20,162	61
Full-service restaurants	305	7.3	0.95×About typical	9,131	$23,978	43
Construction of buildings	289	6.9	0.92×About typical	1,711	$70,354	857
Offices of other health practitioners	281	6.7	1.11×About typical	1,670	$50,136	765
Insurance agencies and brokerages	240	5.7	1.31×More than typical	1,406	$72,343	760
Automotive repair and maintenance	239	5.7	1.14×About typical	1,849	$47,150	272
Real estate agents and brokers	202	4.8	0.99×About typical	307	$50,629	1,245

Rank places for an industry Open St. Charles County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 417,442 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 $295.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Wentzville, Missouri: $6.29 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $295.8K; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.29; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; 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

Department of the Navy$89.9K30%
Forest Service$56K19%
Office of Procurement Operations$40K14%
Bureau of Reclamation$22.8K7.7%
Department of State$20.3K6.9%
Department of the Air Force$15.8K5.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$11.8K4.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs$11.4K3.8%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

31.4KFY2017
58.3KFY2018
65KFY2019
33.9KFY2020
43.9KFY2021
65.3KFY2022
238.6KFY2023
598.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$195.4K66%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$56K19%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$20.3K6.9%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$10.9K3.7%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$6,7522.3%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329

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 Wentzville, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Wentzville, Missouri's figures are part of those of St. Charles County, MO ($43.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

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

See federal money in St. Charles 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.

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

House

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.

St. Charles County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

St. Louis, MO-IL72

Other cities and towns in St. Charles 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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