County · Missouri

St. Louis city, Missouri

St. Louis city, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 40 out of 100 (low), ranking #1,891 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #58 of 115 counties. It ranks best on public transit commuters (high), distance to an Amtrak station (low) and distance to an emergency room (low). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), violent crime rate (high) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

40Low

Quality-of-life score: #1,891 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #58 of 115 in MO
Population: 278,144 (2025)
Land area: 62 mi²
Density: 4,506.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 29510

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

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety1#3,078/3,096
Economy24#2,389/3,143
Housing26#2,334/3,140
Health23#2,406/3,144
Healthcare84#492/3,143
Environment4#2,994/3,108
Education57#1,351/3,144
Infrastructure72#878/3,144
Community65#1,094/3,144
Leisure & amenities92#246/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where St. Louis city, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high5.7%
99/100Missouri 0.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an emergency room · low2.4 mi
98/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
New business applications · high24.5 /1k
97/100Missouri 16.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Access to exercise opportunities · high98.2%
97/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · high$1,591
97/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high5,001 /100k
0/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · high1,224 /100k
0/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Time spent in the emergency room · high301 min
0/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Injury deaths · high207 /100k
1/100Missouri 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Reading scores · low2.12
1/100Missouri 2.98United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Math scores · low2.13
1/100Missouri 2.95United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
300,302 (2020) → 278,144 (2025)
−7.4%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
2% (2021) → 32% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+30 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysWorsening
1 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
+100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
New homes permittedWorsening
3.3 /1k (2021) → 1.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.4% (2015-2019) → 86.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Mental health providersImproving
431 /100k (2021) → 660 /100k (2025)
+53%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k

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, St. Louis city, Missouri improved on 17 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 10 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved17

Firearm deaths−41%65.6 /100k → 39.0 /100k
Commute−2.3 min24.4 min → 22.1 min
Real income+38%$50,610 → $70,047
Students / teacher−1.6×13.0× → 11.3×
Bachelor's++4.8 points36.3% → 41.1%

Declined4

Transit use−3.1 points8.8% → 5.7%
Suicides+60%11.3 /100k → 18.1 /100k
Traffic deaths+25%18.3 /100k → 22.9 /100k
Price / income+0.4×3.2× → 3.5×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of St. Louis city, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.6 /10k2020	5.2 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	63%
Average commute time	24.4 min2015-2019	22.1 min2020-2024	−2.3 min	Improved	91%
Average weekly wage	$1,2842020	$1,5912025	+24%	Improved	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	83%
Broadband subscriptions	74.4%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Child poverty rate	27.7%2019	32.4%2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Distance to an airport	11 mi2020	11 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	97.8 /100k2020	61.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−37%	Improved	61%
Effective property tax rate	1.02%2015-2019	1.03%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Firearm deaths	65.6 /100k2020	39.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Improved	94%
Grocery stores	2.5 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−6.2%	Within the margin of error	33%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.2 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+11%	Within the margin of error	65%
High school diploma or higher	87.8%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	72%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	54%
Homicide rate	63.6 /100k2020	28.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−56%	Improved	77%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,6102019	$70,0472024	+38%	Improved	82%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5052015-2019	0.5032020-2024	−0.001	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$46,3092019	$53,9622024	+17%	Improved	13%
New business applications	23.9 /1k2020	24.5 /1k2025	+2.6%	Little change	10%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	91%
Poverty rate	20.4%2019	21.8%2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Property crime rate	5,830 /100k2020	5,001 /100k2025	−14%	Improved	20%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−14%	Within the margin of error	7%
Public transit commuters	8.8%2015-2019	5.7%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Declined	5%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Improved	72%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	45.7%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Improved	74%
Restaurants and bars	14.1 /10k2020	15.2 /10k2025	+8%	Within the margin of error	70%
Students per teacher	13.0×2019	11.3×2024	−1.6×	Improved	81%
Suicide rate	11.3 /100k2020	18.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+60%	Declined	5%
Traffic deaths	18.3 /100k2015-2019	22.9 /100k2020-2024	+25%	Declined	28%
Unemployment rate	8.1%2020	4.6%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	73%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.6%2019	10.4%2024	−2.2 points	Improved	72%
Violent crime rate	2,016 /100k2020	1,224 /100k2025	−39%	Improved	78%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like St. Louis city, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of St. Louis city, 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, St. Louis city, Missouri itself moved +1.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

288,512 residents

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: 20–29 men (−1.0 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

288,512 residents

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

White44%128,219
Black42%121,473
Hispanic or Latino5.3%15,297

Education

210,685 residents (±40)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma9.2%19,332
High school or GED24%50,736
Some college19%40,058

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

144,891 households (±1,211)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k24%34,412
$25k–50k21%30,667
$50k–75k17%24,944
$75k–100k11%16,029
$100k–150k13%19,217
$150k–200k6.8%9,823
$200k or more6.8%9,799

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.7 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

144,891 households (±1,211)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

Own45%65,612
Rent55%79,279

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.6 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

77,118 households (±1,571)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75023%17,598
$750–1,00028%21,269
$1,000–1,50033%25,325

Home values

65,612 homes (±1,481)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k34%22,567
$150k–250k30%19,889
$250k–400k22%14,158

Age of homes

174,111 homes (±132)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later3.7%6,440
2000–20094.0%7,004
1980–19996.1%10,581

Size of homes

174,111 homes (±132)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio5.0%8,714
1 bedroom28%48,416
2 bedrooms36%62,297

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

148,914 workers (±2,099)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone64%95,453
Carpool6.8%10,052
Public transit5.7%8,477
Walk3.8%5,703
Bike1.0%1,419
Work from home17%25,347
Other1.7%2,463

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.8 points).

Table view

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

Time to get to work

123,567 workers (±2,159)

St. Louis city, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min26%32,182
15–29 min47%58,381
30–44 min20%24,265

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.

St. Louis city has 8,468 employer establishments, 299 for every 10,000 residents (1.20× the US rate of 248; 1.23× Missouri's), with 195,963 paid employees at an average annual pay of $71,241. The Census Bureau also counts 23,972 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,468; 23,972 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 299; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 195,963
Average annual pay: $71,241; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	744	26.3	1.43×More than typical	12,936	$25,297	136
Ambulatory health care services	692	24.4	1.17×About typical	12,285	$61,058	1,218
Individual and family services	621	21.9	7.83×More than typical	4,141	$35,116	189
Full-service restaurants	335	11.8	1.54×More than typical	7,291	$27,253	57
Limited-service restaurants	322	11.4	1.42×More than typical	4,614	$22,663	57
Lessors of real estate	320	11.3	0.92×About typical	1,579	$72,914	2,120
Legal services	253	8.9	1.66×More than typical	4,017	$124,009	275
Specialty trade contractors	244	8.6	0.56×Fewer than typical	5,325	$81,893	882
Home health care services	225	7.9	6.56×More than typical	1,480	$18,662	381
Religious organizations	224	7.9	1.43×More than typical	1,764	$29,419	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	212	7.5	1.12×About typical	2,650	$92,798	941
Offices of physicians	169	6	0.92×About typical	5,196	$80,608	199

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 283,190 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $285.7M on contracts performed in St. Louis city, Missouri: $1,027 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $285.7M; +15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,027; US $2,007
Sole-source: 14%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.8%; US 8.7%

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 Veterans Affairs$118.1M41%
Rural Housing Service$46.4M16%
Department of the Navy$40.7M14%
Department of the Army$26.1M9.1%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$19.2M6.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$11.3M3.9%
Public Buildings Service$9.5M3.3%
Forest Service$7.2M2.5%

Top recipients

GC & V CONSTRUCTION LLC$59.9M21%
GUIDEHOUSE INC.$25.7M9.0%
THE BOEING COMPANY$24.5M8.6%
DISTINCTION LLC$19M6.7%
RECON CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES LLC$13.3M4.6%

Spending by fiscal year

1.1BFY2017
254.2MFY2018
690.5MFY2019
475.6MFY2020
300.6MFY2021
373.4MFY2022
369.9MFY2023
453.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$60M21%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$43.1M15%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$24.9M8.7%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$23.5M8.2%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$19M6.7%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

N2W NGA FY18 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (PHASE 1)$769.9M
MCCARTHY HITT - NEXT NGA WEST JOINT VENTURE· St. Louis city, MO· Construction & real property· Mar 19, 2019 – May 7, 2026· W912DQ19C7001
ACTUATOR,MECHANICAL$135M
THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis city, MO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 24, 2024 – Nov 12, 2025· N0038324FYY1T
AILERON ASSEMBLY,AI$103.9M
THE BOEING COMPANY· St. Louis city, MO· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 17, 2024 – Mar 23, 2026· N0038324FYY1S
ST. LOUIS JCC AND CENTER OA/CTS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $20B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for St. Louis city, Missouri: $71,783 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $20B; −2.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $71,783; US $12,975
Loan face value: $70.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$10B50%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$4.9B24%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How St. Louis city, Missouri compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

St. Louis city, Missouri
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$3,559	$1,436
FY2018	$837	$1,552
FY2019	$2,295	$1,654
FY2020	$1,584	$1,880
FY2021	$1,024	$1,810
FY2022	$1,303	$1,917
FY2023	$1,306	$2,079
FY2024	$1,617	$2,047
FY2025	$897	$2,165
FY2026	$1,027 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	— (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$279	$93.28
FY2018	$217	$105
FY2019	$1,639	$128
FY2020	$1,010	$145
FY2021	$624	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$3,897	$5,748
FY2022	$2,717	$5,221
FY2023	$3,354	$5,364
FY2024	$5,164	$5,501
FY2025	$3,426	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$139	$298
FY2022	$196	$357
FY2023	-$55.90	$301
FY2024	$367	$319
FY2025	$174	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$644	$239
FY2022	$419	$185
FY2023	$594	$229
FY2024	$646	$229
FY2025	$738	$249
FY2026	$347

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$2,059	$2,304
FY2022	$924	$2,197
FY2023	$891	$2,274
FY2024	$2,594	$2,267
FY2025	$1,644	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$1,806	$1,186
FY2022	$479	$465
FY2023	$44.28	$76.52
FY2024	$61.13	$120
FY2025	$133	$148
FY2026	$110

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

St. Louis city, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, St. Louis city, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	0.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Construction contracts · FY2019

$1,639 per resident in FY2019, against an earlier average of $248 (6.6× that).

Compared with 9 similar counties

St. Louis city, Missouri
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/29510

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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.

St. Louis city, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Wesley BellD-MO-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 2.8%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area St. Louis city belongs to. A county is in at most one.

St. Louis, MO-IL72Central county

Cities and towns in St. Louis city

Places whose residents live mostly in St. Louis city, largest first.

St. Louis288,512

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	−3.3%	−4.2%
2015	−0.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+3.3%
2018	+5.9%	+6.8%
2019	+9.7%	+10.5%
2020	+16.7%	+19.4%
2021	+21.7%	+26.1%
2022	+27.2%	+30.6%
2023	+33.5%	+35.0%
2024	+38.1%	+41.0%
2025	+44.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	−6.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+8.6%	+8.9%
2019	+15.7%	+13.5%
2020	+23.4%	+20.8%
2021	+32.4%	+32.1%
2022	+42.1%	+35.4%
2023	+53.0%	+42.9%
2024	+60.2%	+49.5%

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.2/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	4.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	−10.7%	−6.9%
2015	−5.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.3%	+4.7%
2018	+8.3%	+7.5%
2019	+15.9%	+14.0%
2020	+14.6%	+16.9%
2021	+23.3%	+21.0%
2022	+30.8%	+29.7%
2023	+38.2%	+34.9%
2024	+35.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	28.8%	15.5%
2015	25.5%	14.7%
2016	24.3%	14.0%
2017	21.4%	13.4%
2018	22.8%	13.1%
2019	20.4%	12.3%
2020	20.8%	11.9%
2021	21.5%	12.8%
2022	21.3%	12.6%
2023	20.1%	12.5%
2024	21.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	7.6%	6.2%
2015	6.2%	5.3%
2016	5.0%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.5%	3.7%
2020	8.1%	8.1%
2021	5.5%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	4.2%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	−10.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+15.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+34.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+46.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+48.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+57.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+59.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+60.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.1% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.8% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.1% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+18.0% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+26.3% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+37.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+42.1% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+48.3% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+54.0% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	16.3%	13.5%
2015	13.7%	10.9%
2016	12.6%	10.0%
2017	12.5%	10.2%
2018	12.6%	10.4%
2019	12.6%	10.8%
2020	11.9%	10.4%
2021	12.6%	10.2%
2022	9.6%	9.5%
2023	8.4%	9.5%
2024	10.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	St. Louis city, Missouri	United States
2014	12.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	13.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	15.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	15.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	16.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	17.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	23.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	26.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	22.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	24.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	21.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	24.5/1k	16.6/1k

Year	St. Louis city, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−1.6 points	+0.6 points	−1.5 points to +2.2 points
Year −2	−1.2 points	+0.1 points	−2.1 points to +1.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.4 points	+0.3 points	−1.1 points to +1.9 points
Year +1	−9.0 points	−4.9 points	−6.4 points to −3.4 points
Year +2	−0.3 points	+1.3 points	−1.1 points to +3.7 points

Year	St. Louis city, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.2 per 1,000 people	+0.7 per 1,000 people	+0.3 per 1,000 people to +1.4 per 1,000 people
Year −2	+0.4 per 1,000 people	+0.8 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people to +1.2 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people	0.0 per 1,000 people to 0.0 per 1,000 people
Year 0	−0.9 per 1,000 people	+0.1 per 1,000 people	−1.4 per 1,000 people to +1.3 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.8 per 1,000 people	+0.9 per 1,000 people	−0.2 per 1,000 people to +2.1 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+1.1 per 1,000 people	+0.4 per 1,000 people	−1.4 per 1,000 people to +1.9 per 1,000 people

Year	St. Louis city, Missouri	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+0.6 points	+1.0 points	−0.3 points to +3.4 points
Year −2	+2.6 points	+0.8 points	+0.2 points to +1.8 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.5 points	−0.9 points	−1.9 points to +0.5 points
Year +1	−1.0 points	−2.2 points	−4.5 points to −0.2 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved17

Declined4

Counties like St. Louis city, Missouri five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in St. Louis city

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved17

Declined4

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 9 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Compared with 7 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought