Cottleville vs Foristell

A side-by-side comparison of Cottleville and Foristell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottleville has the higher population (5,750 vs 705 in Foristell). Cottleville has the higher median household income ($114,420 vs $112,823 in Foristell). Foristell has the higher median home value ($449,500 vs $381,900 in Cottleville).

Population, income & housing

	Cottleville	Foristell
Population	5,750	705
Median age	36.9 yrs	52.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,420	$112,823
Median home value	$381,900	$449,500
Median gross rent	$1,693	$862
Housing units	2,228	274
Homeownership rate	78.4%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottleville	Foristell
Population	5,200 → 5,750 (+10.6%)	783 → 705 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$108,036 → $114,420 (+5.9%)	$77,316 → $112,823 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $381,900 (+24.0%)	$342,000 → $449,500 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,693 (+36.4%)	$844 → $862 (+2.1%)

Cottleville

Population

5,2005,750

Median household income

$108,036$114,420

Median home value

$308,000$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,693

Foristell

Population

783705

Median household income

$77,316$112,823

Median home value

$342,000$449,500

Median gross rent

$844$862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottleville	Foristell
Under 5	4.5%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	24.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	2.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	26.5%
75 and over	2.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottleville	Foristell
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottleville	Foristell
No high school diploma	2.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottleville	Foristell
Drove alone	75.5%	89.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.2%
Other means	4.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottleville	Foristell
1-unit, detached	68.8%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Cottleville	Foristell
Poverty rate	3.3%	1.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2011	1998