Cottleville vs Lake St. Louis

A side-by-side comparison of Cottleville and Lake St. Louis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake St. Louis has the higher population (17,538 vs 5,750 in Cottleville). Lake St. Louis has the higher median household income ($123,427 vs $114,420 in Cottleville). Cottleville has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $375,300 in Lake St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
Population	5,750	17,538
Median age	36.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,420	$123,427
Median home value	$381,900	$375,300
Median gross rent	$1,693	$1,608
Housing units	2,228	7,495
Homeownership rate	78.4%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
Population	5,200 → 5,750 (+10.6%)	15,989 → 17,538 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$108,036 → $114,420 (+5.9%)	$92,298 → $123,427 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $381,900 (+24.0%)	$274,400 → $375,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,693 (+36.4%)	$1,130 → $1,608 (+42.3%)

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

Lake St. Louis

Population

15,98917,538

Median household income

$92,298$123,427

Median home value

$274,400$375,300

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
Under 5	4.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.9%
75 and over	2.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	86.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
Drove alone	75.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	18.3%
Other means	4.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
1-unit, detached	68.8%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	5.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottleville	Lake St. Louis
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2011	1999