St. Louis, MO: Local News, Events & Neighbors

St. Louis (officially the City of St. Louis) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second-largest in Illinois. The city's metropolitan statistical area is the 23rd-largest in the United States. The land that became St. Louis had been occupied by Native American cultures for thousands of years before European settlement. The city was founded on February 14, 1764, by French fur traders Gilbert…

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How St. Louis ranks

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#46Most educated in MO #48Most remote workers in MO All MO rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code63101, 63102, 63103

Area code314

Living in St. Louis

Housing in St. Louis

$187K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical St. Louis home is worth about $187,000, about the same as a year ago, 30% below the Missouri typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market15

Sale-to-list99.5%

Sold in May419

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Safety in St. Louis

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Safety Grade D-

St. Louis reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 99% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000

St. Louis 12.2

Missouri 4.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

St. Louis 50

Missouri 16.9

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in St. Louis

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School Grade D-

The public schools St. Louis’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 96% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictST. LOUIS CITYSchools137

Premier Charter School C-Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 974 students South City DElementary · Grades PK–8 · 838 students St. Louis Lang Immersion School C+Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 493 students Stix Early Childhood CTR.Elementary · Grades PK–2 · 472 students Old North Academy DElementary · Grades PK–8 · 448 students KIPP Victory Academy D-Elementary · Grades K–4 · 433 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MO. Ratings are from neighbors.

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