St. Louis, MO

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How St. Louis ranks

• #9 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 91.6
• #12 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 77.7
• #19 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 73.4
• #21 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 65.9
• #35 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 55.6
• #61 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 37.5
• #68 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 32.0
• #89 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 11.3

Local facts

Median household income

$55,279

Median rent

$978 / mo

Median home value

$185,100

Median age

36.6

Unemployment

5.1%

Bachelor's degree or higher

40.2%

Poverty rate

19.8%

Renter-occupied homes

54.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

206

Students enrolled

79,497

Students per teacher

13.8 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

64.2%

Charter schools

16.5%

School districts serving the city

32

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Districts: St. Louis City, Mehlville R-Ix, Riverview Gardens, Lindbergh Schools, Webster Groves

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

37.2%

No leisure-time physical activity

27.7%

Adults with diabetes

13.5%

Adults who smoke

17.2%

Frequent mental distress

18.5%

Sleeping under 7 hours

38.1%

Adults without health insurance

9.4%

Routine checkup in past year

80.3%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

97.7%

Share of city that is parkland

9.1%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

14.3

Median air quality index (county)

55

Unhealthy air days (county)

8

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

85.7%

Households with no internet

11.3%

Average commute

22.2 min

Work from home

15.0%

Commute by transit

5.2%

Commute on foot

4.0%

Commute by bike

0.9%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates St. Louis city as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 5 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Heat wave: very high
• Tornado: very high
• Earthquake: relatively high
• Riverine flooding: relatively high

ZIP codes

• 63101
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