Metro area · CBSA 41180

St. Louis

The St. Louis, MO metro area has 2,810,850 people. Median rent is $1,113, 16.7% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in St. Louis city at $1,349. Of the 225 places we track here, Ladue has the lightest rent burden.

Median household income

$80,196

Median home value

$244,800

Unemployment

4.2%

2-bedroom fair market rent

$1,349

HUD, St. Louis city

Places in this metro

Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.

Place	Population	Rent	Rent to income
St. Louis	288,512	$997	21.3%
O'Fallon	93,801	$1,443	15.7%
St. Charles	71,508	$1,251	17.5%
St. Peters	59,092	$1,321	17.3%
Florissant	51,773	$1,288	23.7%
Chesterfield	49,574	$1,644	14.8%
Wentzville	47,061	$1,345	14.4%
Belleville	41,370	$1,019	19.2%
Oakville	35,333	$1,091	12.3%
Wildwood	35,133	$1,661	12.4%
University City	34,685	$1,319	19.6%
O'Fallon	32,262	$1,332	15.1%
Ballwin	31,279	$1,418	13.7%
Mehlville	29,805	$1,066	19.1%
Kirkwood	29,363	$1,348	13.3%
Maryland Heights	27,880	$1,312	18.2%
Granite City	26,549	$834	16.9%
Edwardsville	26,474	$1,306	18.1%
Alton	25,279	$1,015	22.3%
Hazelwood	25,114	$996	21.4%
Collinsville	24,031	$1,038	18.4%
Webster Groves	23,712	$1,650	17.2%
Arnold	20,956	$1,112	17.0%
Old Jamestown	20,651	$1,835	22.1%
Affton	19,052	$1,015	15.3%
Creve Coeur	18,643	$1,622	15.3%
Concord	18,368	$1,215	16.4%
Ferguson	18,213	$1,119	28.3%
Manchester	18,160	$1,322	16.2%
Lake St. Louis	18,066	$1,588	15.2%
East St. Louis	17,999	$847	28.5%
Spanish Lake	17,873	$1,160	24.9%
Godfrey	17,712	$1,153	14.6%
Clayton	17,380	$1,692	16.5%
Cahokia Heights	17,106	$981	34.8%
Fairview Heights	16,745	$1,174	17.4%
Lemay	16,228	$881	17.5%
Overland	15,695	$1,112	21.6%
Washington	15,130	$827	12.5%
Swansea	14,710	$1,137	14.9%
Shiloh	14,572	$1,187	14.3%
Glen Carbon	13,977	$1,097	13.5%
Troy	13,947	$1,033	15.7%
Dardenne Prairie	13,503	$1,444	11.4%
Festus	13,201	$922	15.0%
Eureka	13,081	$1,252	13.9%
Jennings	12,918	$961	29.6%
St. Ann	12,811	$976	22.4%
Union	12,781	$858	14.0%
Crestwood	12,295	$1,007	11.3%
Troy	11,647	$1,116	11.9%
Town and Country	11,607	$1,955	10.1%
Bridgeton	11,369	$1,172	19.5%
Waterloo	11,129	$886	10.8%
Columbia	11,127	$1,128	12.6%
Bellefontaine Neighbors	10,498	$1,151	28.1%
Wood River	10,279	$936	17.9%
Highland	10,262	$855	12.4%
Ellisville	10,002	$1,538	16.3%
Bethalto	9,239	$981	18.2%
Des Peres	9,170	$1,750	9.4%
Richmond Heights	9,153	$1,559	19.8%
Sunset Hills	9,112	$1,209	10.5%
Warrenton	9,066	$964	19.0%
Ladue	8,940	$1,209	5.8%
Mascoutah	8,816	$1,370	16.9%
Olivette	8,645	$1,513	16.3%
Maryville	8,316	$1,145	13.6%
Murphy	8,285	$1,056	17.5%
Maplewood	8,156	$970	17.9%
Brentwood	8,144	$1,439	17.3%
Berkeley	8,123	$1,074	29.1%
Pacific	7,475	$906	17.3%
Jerseyville	7,445	$869	14.2%
Sappington	7,367	$1,241	19.2%
Greenville	7,235	$783	15.1%
Valley Park	6,795	$1,443	25.5%
Black Jack	6,589	$1,166	17.9%
St. John	6,527	$1,159	25.9%
De Soto	6,470	$809	18.5%
Shrewsbury	6,316	$1,215	18.1%
Sullivan	6,310	$919	17.4%
Glendale	6,114	$1,855	13.0%
Pevely	6,055	$875	18.8%
Pontoon Beach	6,025	$1,277	24.4%
Cottleville	5,937	$1,624	14.8%
Barnhart	5,785	$1,565	19.6%
East Alton	5,689	$881	21.7%
Glasgow Village	5,504	$1,229	49.9%
Imperial	5,488	$1,446	19.3%
Carlinville	5,480	$824	17.1%
Weldon Spring	5,310	$1,370	10.4%
Wright City	5,240	$894	13.4%
Herculaneum	5,071	$1,690	21.7%
Dellwood	4,847	$1,161	19.2%
St. Clair	4,789	$1,011	29.0%
Crystal City	4,718	$1,062	17.6%
Rock Hill	4,693	$1,473	18.5%
Freeburg	4,592	$1,046	13.6%
Lebanon	4,474	$1,091	14.8%
Breckenridge Hills	4,402	$1,112	32.6%
Breese	4,301	$784	11.0%
Staunton	4,298	$630	13.1%
Normandy	4,239	$1,002	40.9%
Rosewood Heights	4,229	$811	13.5%
Caseyville	4,130	$1,122	22.2%
Fenton	4,088	$1,622	19.3%
Millstadt	4,008	$1,150	15.2%
Scott AFB	3,957	$1,610	18.7%
Woodson Terrace	3,908	$1,179	29.8%
Dupo	3,879	$912	17.8%
Moscow Mills	3,823	$1,107	18.1%
High Ridge	3,714	$983	16.6%
Frontenac	3,701	$1,209	6.2%
Smithton	3,680	$857	7.6%
Northwoods	3,623	$1,167	30.9%
Hillsboro	3,500	$973	15.1%
New Baden	3,463	$1,133	16.7%
St. Paul	3,456	$975	7.4%
New Haven	3,302	$974	16.4%
Byrnes Mill	3,189	$1,137	13.8%
Virden	3,171	$864	12.9%
Gray Summit	2,991	$1,043	19.1%
Carlyle	2,980	$983	15.3%
Madison	2,900	$1,014	24.7%
Moline Acres	2,843	$1,193	26.0%
Villa Ridge	2,835	$1,462	23.8%
Gillespie	2,815	$750	10.9%
Holiday Shores	2,782	$1,822	25.2%
Riverview	2,731	$803	19.9%
Pine Lawn	2,716	$1,003	48.5%
Green Park	2,690	$992	15.0%
Trenton	2,664	$857	12.7%
Clarkson Valley	2,584	$1,209	5.9%
Pagedale	2,531	$965	37.1%
Fairmont City	2,492	$1,084	27.0%
Bel-Ridge	2,432	$969	30.6%
Warson Woods	2,393	$1,450	8.4%
Aviston	2,387	$963	9.8%
Castle Point	2,340	$1,094	34.8%
Marthasville	2,328	$953	10.2%
Brighton	2,306	$815	12.2%
South Roxana	2,181	$856	17.1%
Hanley Hills	2,178	$1,202	27.3%
Marlborough	2,157	$990	23.6%
Raintree Plantation	2,047	$979	14.2%
Vinita Park	2,042	$1,154	25.6%
Winchester	1,939	$1,557	21.3%
New Athens	1,933	$993	21.1%
Mount Olive	1,872	$734	15.8%
Elsberry	1,870	$865	20.9%
St. Jacob	1,759	$1,138	12.2%
Winfield	1,745	$744	11.8%
Girard	1,743	$808	19.3%
Washington Park	1,701	$864	26.8%
Venice	1,636	$1,015	38.0%
Wellston	1,628	$1,005	14.5%
Charlack	1,596	$1,096	24.0%
Oakland	1,562	$2,781	29.1%
Roxana	1,556	$975	18.1%
Bel-Nor	1,556	$1,011	11.0%
Calverton Park	1,546	$1,238	21.8%
Benld	1,495	$826	20.7%
St. George	1,458	$833	14.7%
LaBarque Creek	1,457	$979	8.8%
Cool Valley	1,411	$992	22.2%
Lakeshire	1,396	$1,032	19.9%
Gerald	1,368	$842	16.4%
Germantown	1,350	$913	11.9%
Hartford	1,334	$984	28.7%
Albers	1,280	$988	10.8%
Cedar Hill	1,261	$979	19.4%
Summer Set	1,236	$979	12.0%
Marissa	1,232	$702	15.4%
Flordell Hills	1,195	$1,169	38.5%
Pasadena Hills	1,190	$968	16.5%
Bunker Hill	1,178	$862	13.6%
Velda City	1,158	$1,218	39.4%
Hamel	1,134	$954	10.5%
Foristell	1,096	$883	9.1%
Worden	1,094	$839	11.3%
Mitchell	1,092	$1,024	20.3%
Valmeyer	1,090	$1,145	14.5%
Grantwood Village	1,058	$1,209	9.4%
Marine	1,049	$944	14.8%
Beckemeyer	993	$912	17.2%
Truesdale	990	$833	17.0%
Edmundson	975	$1,243	30.3%
Livingston	884	$720	13.9%
Hillsdale	873	$1,127	36.0%
Lake St. Clair	872	$893	13.2%
Velda Village Hills	858	$1,137	30.3%
Country Club Hills	854	$1,132	28.6%
Pocahontas	843	$759	16.9%
Innsbrook	843	$995	7.9%
Wamac	804	$787	25.9%
Norwood Court	797	$877	24.5%
Greendale	794	$1,375	29.2%
Bartelso	782	$912	12.2%
Horine	781	$979	14.2%
Mulberry Grove	765	$846	15.4%
Hawk Point	736	$919	21.3%
Grafton	734	$629	7.2%
Twin Oaks	734	$1,778	17.8%
Brooklyn	729	$904	35.4%
Pasadena Park	710	$1,384	18.1%
Elsah	708	$846	12.6%
Olympian Village	694	$1,297	27.0%
Bella Villa	691	$1,200	24.2%
Sycamore Hills	672	$1,119	15.6%
Josephville	664	$852	9.5%
Hardin	663	$476	6.4%
Alhambra	658	$734	11.9%
Keyesport	635	$622	16.1%
Parkway	624	$862	23.3%
Shipman	618	$788	16.7%
Hoffman	607	$675	12.1%
St. Rose	593	$979	10.2%
Flint Hill	583	$1,611	14.8%
Damiansville	570	$960	11.0%
St. Libory	559	$813	8.3%
Crystal Lake Park	553	$3,111	23.4%
Moro	524	$1,024	16.2%
Hecker	521	$1,014	15.3%
Wilsonville	505	$833	22.0%

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.