Pacific vs St. Clair

A side-by-side comparison of Pacific and St. Clair: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pacific has the higher population (7,299 vs 4,767 in St. Clair). Pacific has the higher median household income ($57,119 vs $40,933 in St. Clair). Pacific has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $134,100 in St. Clair).

Population, income & housing

	Pacific	St. Clair
Population	7,299	4,767
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,119	$40,933
Median home value	$244,000	$134,100
Median gross rent	$914	$874
Housing units	3,272	2,286
Homeownership rate	60.5%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pacific	St. Clair
Population	6,339 → 7,299 (+15.1%)	4,718 → 4,767 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$49,142 → $57,119 (+16.2%)	$41,036 → $40,933 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $244,000 (+69.2%)	$108,900 → $134,100 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $914 (+31.5%)	$694 → $874 (+25.9%)

Pacific

Population

6,3397,299

Median household income

$49,142$57,119

Median home value

$144,200$244,000

Median gross rent

$695$914

St. Clair

Population

4,7184,767

Median household income

$41,036$40,933

Median home value

$108,900$134,100

Median gross rent

$694$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pacific	St. Clair
Under 5	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.9%
75 and over	9.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pacific	St. Clair
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pacific	St. Clair
No high school diploma	10.5%	17.1%
High school graduate	34.9%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pacific	St. Clair
Drove alone	85.2%	72.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	20.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pacific	St. Clair
1-unit, detached	62.0%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	11.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Pacific	St. Clair
Poverty rate	5.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.01	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1985	1972