housing costs · Missouri
Housing costs in St. Louis city
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $997 | ± $15 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $978 | ± $12 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $938 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $873 | ± $11 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $197,500 | ± $6,302 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $185,100 | ± $4,263 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $174,100 | ± $4,165 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $153,200 | ± $3,120 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.2 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.9 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.5 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.8 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in St. Louis city is $997, above the Missouri median of $767 across 115 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.
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