St. Martins vs Wardsville

A side-by-side comparison of St. Martins and Wardsville: population, income, housing, and more.

St. Martins and Wardsville are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wardsville has the higher population (1,505 vs 1,195 in St. Martins). Wardsville has the higher median household income ($117,500 vs $78,125 in St. Martins). Wardsville has the higher median home value ($309,900 vs $225,000 in St. Martins).

Population, income & housing

	St. Martins	Wardsville
Population	1,195	1,505
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$117,500
Median home value	$225,000	$309,900
Median gross rent	$538	$717
Housing units	458	572
Homeownership rate	78.8%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Martins	Wardsville
Population	1,159 → 1,195 (+3.1%)	1,878 → 1,505 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$64,861 → $78,125 (+20.4%)	$92,813 → $117,500 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$178,600 → $225,000 (+26.0%)	$225,300 → $309,900 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $538 (-8.3%)	$786 → $717 (-8.8%)

St. Martins

Population

1,1591,195

Median household income

$64,861$78,125

Median home value

$178,600$225,000

Median gross rent

$587$538

Wardsville

Population

1,8781,505

Median household income

$92,813$117,500

Median home value

$225,300$309,900

Median gross rent

$786$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Martins	Wardsville
Under 5	3.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	23.3%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	17.1%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.2%
75 and over	7.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Martins	Wardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Martins	Wardsville
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	30.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Martins	Wardsville
Drove alone	82.3%	77.1%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Martins	Wardsville
1-unit, detached	84.5%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	St. Martins	Wardsville
Poverty rate	7.0%	3.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1985	1996