St. Louis, MO (Missouri) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 354,361 (All urban)

St. Louis, Missouri Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 176,354 (147,076 occupied: 68,917 owner occupied, 78,159 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	53%
State:	30%

Housing density: 2848 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $143,730.

Median contract rent in 2007: $475 (lower quartile is $362, upper quartile is $587)

Housing units in St. Louis with a mortgage: 34,885 (2,974 second mortgage, 3,285 home equity loan, 92 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20,285

St. Louis,MO index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $128,300 (it was $63,500 in 2000)

St. Louis:	$128,300
Missouri:	$138,600

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $81,200 - $184,100

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $150,392
Here: $150,392
State: $182,045

Townhouses or other attached units: $171,740
Here: $171,740
State: $185,799

In 2-unit structures: $128,382
Here: $128,382
State: $155,066

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $140,397
Here: $140,397
State: $141,353

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $260,205
Here: $260,205
State: $200,791

Mobile homes: $43,333
Here: $43,333
State: $37,932

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1939

Household type by relationship

Households: 337,539

In family households: 255,626 (39,693 male householders, 38,091 female householders)
39,270 spouses, 102,470 children (96,197 natural, 2,567 adopted, 3,706 stepchildren), 12,435 grandchildren, 5,570 brothers or sisters, 2,758 parents, 6,677 other relatives, 8,662 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 81,913 (32,573 male householders (26,702 living alone)), 36,929 female householders (32,555 living alone)), 12,411 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 10,650 (4,720 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 30,116 2-persons, 19,296 3-persons, 14,287 4-persons, 7,741 5-persons, 3,800 6-persons, 2,544 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 59,257 1-person, 9,040 2-persons, 797 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons.

30,781 married couples with children.
42,359 single-parent households (5,315 men, 37,044 women).

91.4% of residents of St. Louis speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 19,542 (5.6%)
(27.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.5
State:	6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in St. Louis, Missouri:
	1 room: 110 2 rooms: 519 3 rooms: 2,802 4 rooms: 9,967 5 rooms: 20,677 6 rooms: 14,469 7 rooms: 8,052 8 rooms: 5,255 9 or more rooms: 7,066

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in St. Louis, Missouri:
	1 room: 4,198 2 rooms: 7,091 3 rooms: 21,733 4 rooms: 20,356 5 rooms: 14,663 6 rooms: 6,459 7 rooms: 1,844 8 rooms: 859 9 or more rooms: 956

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 477
1995 to 1998: 1,689
1990 to 1994: 1,746
1980 to 1989: 6,565
1970 to 1979: 8,153
1960 to 1969: 18,249
1950 to 1959: 25,520
1940 to 1949: 28,410
1939 or earlier: 85,545

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in St. Louis:
	no bedroom: 215 1 bedroom: 6,799 2 bedrooms: 29,037 3 bedrooms: 19,796 4 bedrooms: 9,042 5 or more bedrooms: 4,028

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in St. Louis:
	no bedroom: 5,335 1 bedroom: 34,010 2 bedrooms: 26,899 3 bedrooms: 8,692 4 bedrooms: 2,384 5 or more bedrooms: 839

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in St. Louis in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 8,411 1 vehicle: 29,650 2 vehicles: 23,021 3 vehicles: 6,009 4 vehicles: 1,362 5 or more vehicles: 464

Cars and other vehicles available in St. Louis in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 28,606 1 vehicle: 37,662 2 vehicles: 10,203 3 vehicles: 1,265 4 vehicles: 204 5 or more vehicles: 219

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in St. Louis, MO:

Less than $10,000: 540
$10,000 to $14,999: 270
$15,000 to $19,999: 270
$20,000 to $24,999: 534
$25,000 to $29,999: 545
$30,000 to $34,999: 715
$35,000 to $39,999: 726
$40,000 to $49,999: 1699
$50,000 to $59,999: 2149
$60,000 to $69,999: 3148
$70,000 to $79,999: 3778
$80,000 to $89,999: 4366
$90,000 to $99,999: 4415
$100,000 to $124,999: 11300
$125,000 to $149,999: 10168
$150,000 to $174,999: 8067
$175,000 to $199,999: 5582
$200,000 to $249,999: 5119
$250,000 to $299,999: 2725
$300,000 to $399,999: 2652
$400,000 to $499,999: 1115
$500,000 to $749,999: 944
$750,000 to $999,999: 471
$1,000,000 or more: 427

St. Louis rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in St. Louis:

Less than $100: 1,895 people
$100 to $149: 1,302
$150 to $199: 2,298
$200 to $249: 2,205
$250 to $299: 2,978
$300 to $349: 4,203
$350 to $399: 6,993
$400 to $449: 7,915
$450 to $499: 7,802
$500 to $549: 7,179
$550 to $599: 4,932
$600 to $649: 4,015
$650 to $699: 3,250
$700 to $749: 2,512
$750 to $799: 1,806
$800 to $899: 2,524
$900 to $999: 1,342
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,333
$1,250 to $1,499: 447
$1,500 to $1,999: 408
$2,000 or more: 193
No cash rent: 2,436

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 10,576 1990 to 1994: 3,661 1985 to 1989: 1,493 1980 to 1984: 1,234 1975 to 1979: 518 1970 to 1974: 427 1970 to 1974: 345 1965 to 1969: 1,288

St. Louis, MO Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 58.6%
Number of people working at home: 2,455 (1.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2969
5 to 9 minutes: 10612
10 to 14 minutes: 20941
15 to 19 minutes: 25971
20 to 24 minutes: 25363
25 to 29 minutes: 9282
30 to 34 minutes: 20755
35 to 39 minutes: 3042
40 to 44 minutes: 3049
45 to 59 minutes: 7824
60 to 89 minutes: 4474
90 or more minutes: 4010

St. Louis mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 96,984 (69%)
Carpooled: 19,094 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 13,941 (10%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 168 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 413 (0%)
Railroad: 103 (0%)
Taxi: 449 (0%)
Motorcycle: 100 (0%)
Bicycle: 489 (0%)
Walked: 5,685 (4%)
Other means: 866 (1%)
Worked at home: 2,455 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 28384
$10,000 to $14,999: 13927
$15,000 to $19,999: 13471
$20,000 to $24,999: 12767
$25,000 to $29,999: 11153
$30,000 to $34,999: 10199
$35,000 to $39,999: 8507
$40,000 to $44,999: 8116
$45,000 to $49,999: 6180
$50,000 to $59,999: 9967
$60,000 to $74,999: 9725
$75,000 to $99,999: 8130
$100,000 to $124,999: 2979
$125,000 to $149,999: 1427
$150,000 to $199,999: 1120
$200,000 or more: 1234

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 155397

German: 37548

Irish: 18291

United States or American: 10641

Italian: 10365

English: 8215

Subsaharan African:: 5298

Yugoslavian: 5053

French (except Basque): 4233

African: 4012

Polish: 3403

Scotch-Irish: 1649

Scottish: 1527

Arab:: 1399

Dutch: 1265

European: 1257

Czech: 1197

Russian: 899

Greek: 828

Swedish: 659

Croatian: 654

Hungarian: 646

Lebanese: 590

Norwegian: 568

Albanian: 545

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 445

Welsh: 435

Austrian: 404

Ethiopian: 389

French Canadian: 387

Swiss: 385

Somalian: 340

Lithuanian: 334

Ukrainian: 328

British: 318

Nigerian: 295

Czechoslovakian: 289

Iraqi: 285

Romanian: 254

Slovak: 250

Haitian: 245

Northern European: 235

Afghan: 235

Other Arab: 185

Eastern European: 181

Serbian: 169

Arab/Arabic: 164

Danish: 162

Slavic: 152

Jamaican: 148

Other Subsaharan African: 139

Armenian: 126

Finnish: 113

Canadian: 107

Iranian: 94

Scandinavian: 89

Macedonian: 87

Portuguese: 83

Moroccan: 70

Belgian: 64

Syrian: 62

Slovene: 52

Sierra Leonean: 51

South African: 50

Latvian: 49

Brazilian: 42

Turkish: 38

Cypriot: 31

Israeli: 27

Acadian/Cajun: 26

Celtic: 25

Icelander: 24

Australian: 23

Luxemburger: 22

West Indian: 20

Palestinian: 19

Bulgarian: 19

Egyptian: 17

Pennsylvania German: 16

Ghanian: 14

Barbadian: 14

Belizean: 10

Kenyan: 8

Bahamian: 8

German Russian: 7

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 7

Jordanian: 7

Carpatho Rusyn: 4

Guyanese: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Bosnia and Herzegovina (25%)
Vietnam (14%)
Mexico (9%)
Germany (3%)
Other Eastern Africa (3%)
Iraq (3%)
Other Eastern Europe (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 244749
Northeast: 5398
Midwest: 28107
South: 41898
West: 6956

53% of St. Louis residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,520
Nursery to 4th grade: 621
5th and 6th grade: 1,386
7th and 8th grade: 5,503
9th grade: 3,180
10th grade: 4,653
11th grade: 4,982
12th grade, no diploma: 5,930
High school graduate (or equivalency): 27,350
Less than 1 year of college: 6,290
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 14,352
Associate degree: 4,631
Bachelor's degree: 12,572
Master's degree: 4,799
Professional school degree: 2,081
Doctorate degree: 1,197

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,526
Nursery to 4th grade: 852
5th and 6th grade: 1,711
7th and 8th grade: 8,172
9th grade: 4,326
10th grade: 6,165
11th grade: 6,641
12th grade, no diploma: 6,547
High school graduate (or equivalency): 33,696
Less than 1 year of college: 8,215
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 16,297
Associate degree: 5,067
Bachelor's degree: 12,859
Master's degree: 6,536
Professional school degree: 1,485
Doctorate degree: 809

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 18.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 15.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.9%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 2.4%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 7.5%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 15.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.8%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $44,154
Black householders: $21,545
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $34,922
Asian householders: $45,069
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $28,156
Some other race householders: $51,374
Two or more races householders: $46,737
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $33,778

St. Louis household income for White non-Hispanic householders

St. Louis household income for Black householders

St. Louis household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

St. Louis household income for Asian householders

St. Louis household income for Some other race householders

St. Louis household income for Two or more races householders

St. Louis household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

St. Louis marital status for males

St. Louis marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $148,504
Black or African American householders: $100,417
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $106,680
Asian householders: $124,663
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $117,389
Some other race householders: $111,125
Two or more races householders: $122,036
Hispanic or Latino householders: $123,450

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 71,087
One, attached: 5,891
Two: 32,631
3 or 4: 29,132
5 to 9: 9,921
10 to 19: 5,477
20 to 49: 6,620
50 or more: 15,327
Mobile homes: 248
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20

Median worth of mobile homes: $44,747

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in St. Louis:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (93%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (73%) Electricity (23%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8,454

Here:	19.6%
Missouri:	13.7%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3,470

Here:	17.9%
Missouri:	11.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7,233

Here:	39.9%
Missouri:	24.9%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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