housing costs · Missouri
Housing costs in St. Louis County
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 | $1,209 | ± $12 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,164 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,119 | ± $12 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,032 | ± $12 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $276,800 | ± $2,745 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $260,700 | ± $2,616 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $249,400 | ± $2,499 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $220,100 | ± $2,157 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.3 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.1 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.7 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.4 % | ± 0.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in St. Louis County is $1,209, 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.