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Population (year 2000): 1,616. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,524 (-5.7% change)
 

Males: 702  (43.4%)
Females: 914  (56.6%)

St. Louis County

Median resident age:  36.1 years
Missouri median age:  36.1 years

Zip codes: 63121.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,200 (it was $30,000 in 2000)
Velda City  $32,200
Missouri:  $41,974

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $66,200 (it was $46,800 in 2000)
Velda City  $66,200
Missouri:  $123,100

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Races in Velda City:

  • Black (96.0%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (3.0%)
  • Hispanic (0.9%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)

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Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1938

Elevation: 560 feet

Land area: 0.16 square miles.

Population density: 9396 people per square mile 
 
 (high).

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For population 25 years and over in Velda City

  • High school or higher: 69.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
  • Unemployed: 13.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Velda City city

  • Never married: 38.7%
  • Now married: 31.2%
  • Separated: 6.7%
  • Widowed: 8.0%
  • Divorced: 15.5%

6 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.4%
Missouri:  2.7%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Velda City:  1.5% ($721)
Missouri:  0.9% ($851)
Velda City satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: St. Louis, MO (5.8 miles , pop. 348,189).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (282.2 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Beverly Hills, MO (0.4 miles ), Glen Echo Park, MO (0.5 miles) , Velda Village Hills, MO (0.5 miles ), Uplands Park, MO (0.8 miles ), Hillsdale, MO (0.9 miles ), Pasadena Hills, MO (0.9 miles ), Northwoods, MO (1.0 miles ), Pasadena Park, MO (1.2 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 38.69 N, Longitude: 90.29 W


Velda City household income distribution Velda City home values distribution


Population change in the 1990s: -67 (-4.0%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Chemicals (5%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (22%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Child care workers (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


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Crime in Velda City by Year

Type 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
Rapes 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
Robberies 4000
    per 100,000 249.70.00.00.0
Assaults 10643
    per 100,000 624.2377.4254.5193.2
Burglaries 1612917
    per 100,000 998.8754.7572.51094.7
Thefts 2318157
    per 100,000 1435.71132.1954.2450.7
Auto thefts 17895
    per 100,000 1061.2503.1572.5322.0
Arson 0010
    per 100,000 0.00.063.60.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 157.4) 412.0213.8174.9159.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 10 (10 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  6.50
US city average:  3.00

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Velda City-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Missouri state average. It is 103% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 2/10/1959, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 10.0 miles away from the Velda City city center killed 21 people and injured 345 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1981, a category 4 tornado 11.4 miles away from the city center injured 32 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Velda City:
  • METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS PSYCHIATRIC CTR (about 3 miles; SAINT LOUIS, MO)
  • ST LOUIS CONNECTCARE (about 3 miles; SAINT LOUIS, MO)
  • CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST (about 4 miles; SAINT LOUIS, MO)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Velda City:
  • LAMBERT-ST LOUIS INTL (about 5 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; ID: STL)
  • ST LOUIS REGIONAL (about 23 miles; ALTON/ST LOUIS, IL; ID: ALN)
  • SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (about 25 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; ID: SUS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Velda City:
  • ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN (about 14 miles; CAHOKIA/ST LOUIS, IL; ID: CPS)
  • CREVE COEUR (about 15 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; ID: 1H0)
  • ST CHARLES (about 18 miles; ST CHARLES, MO; ID: 3SQ)

Amtrak stations near Velda City:
  • 8 miles: ST. LOUIS (550 S. 16TH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand.
  • 12 miles: KIRKWOOD (110 W. ARGONNE RD.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
  • 19 miles: ALTON (3400 COLLEGE AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Velda City:
  • UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS (about 1 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; Full-time enrollment: 9,715)
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 3 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 10,939)
  • SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FLORISSANT VALLEY (about 4 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,749)
  • SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FOREST PARK (about 6 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,441)
  • SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 8 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 10,286)
  • WEBSTER UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 8,252)
  • MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LOUIS (about 12 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 2,094)

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Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
Missouri:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  70.3%
Whole state:  67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.8%
Whole state:  5.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  17.5%
Whole state:  11.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  7.8%
Whole state:  5.1%

Velda City compared to Missouri state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School



Velda City travel time to work


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:



6.31% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($45,164 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.31%
Missouri average:  7.87%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($425 average AGI)
St. Louis County:  0.10%
Missouri average:  0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from St. Louis city, MO  2.00% ($31,991 average AGI)
from St. Charles County, MO  0.58% ($40,885)
from Jefferson County, MO  0.47% ($35,485)


7.04% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($52,944 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.04%
Missouri average:  7.66%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($284 average AGI)
St. Louis County:  0.05%
Missouri average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to St. Louis city, MO  1.63% ($32,071 average AGI)
to St. Charles County, MO  1.22% ($54,840)
to Jefferson County, MO  0.66% ($44,333)


Strongest AM radio stations in Velda City:
  • KFUO (850 AM; 5 kW; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
  • KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
  • KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KSIV (1320 AM; 5 kW; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: BOTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KTRS (550 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTRS-AM LICENSE, L.L.C.)
  • KJSL (630 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KRFT (1190 AM; 10 kW; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: ALL SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
  • KSLG (1380 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW HORIZON 7TH-DAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, INC.)
  • KATZ (1600 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WRTH (1430 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO)
  • WSDZ (1260 AM; 20 kW; BELLEVILLE, IL)
  • KIRL (1460 AM; 5 kW; ST. CHARLES, MO; Owner: BRONCO BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • KSTL (690 AM; 1 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Velda City:
  • KEZK-FM (102.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KIHT (96.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KSIV-FM (91.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KWMU (90.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI)
  • KSHE (94.7 FM; CRESTWOOD, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KSLZ (107.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFUO-FM (99.1 FM; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: THE LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
  • KYKY (98.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WSSM (106.5 FM; GRANITE CITY, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • KSD (93.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KWUR (90.3 FM; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY)
  • KLOU (103.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFTK-FM1 (97.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WIL-FM (92.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • WMLL (104.1 FM; JERSEYVILLE, IL; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WFUN-FM (95.5 FM; BETHALTO, IL; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • KCFV (89.5 FM; FERGUSON, MO; Owner: ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WVRV (101.1 FM; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • KMJM-FM (104.9 FM; COLUMBIA, IL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WSIE (88.7 FM; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES, S. ILLINOIS UNIV.)

TV broadcast stations around Velda City:
  • KSDK (Channel 5; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: MULTIMEDIA KSDK, INC.)
  • KPLR-TV (Channel 11; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KPLR, INC.)
  • KPTN-LP (Channel 58; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KURT J. PETERSEN)
  • KDNL-TV (Channel 30; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KDNL LICENSEE, LLC)
  • K49FC (Channel 49; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • KTVI (Channel 2; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTVI LICENSE, INC.)
  • KMOV (Channel 4; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KMOV-TV, INC.)
  • K40FF (Channel 40; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EBC ST. LOUIS, INC.)
  • KETC (Channel 9; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: ST. LOUIS REGIONAL & EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV COMMISSION)
  • K18BT (Channel 18; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • K64DT (Channel 64; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • K65FN (Channel 65; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • K38HD (Channel 38; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WRBU (Channel 46; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KNLC (Channel 24; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • K62EG (Channel 62; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: ETERNAL FAMILY NETWORK)
  • K63FW (Channel 63; JAMESTOWN, MO; Owner: ROGER E. HARDERS)
  • K59GP (Channel 59; ST. CHARLES, MO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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