Cottleville vs St. Paul

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

Cottleville and St. Paul 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 3,292 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median household income ($154,022 vs $114,420 in Cottleville). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($421,900 vs $381,900 in Cottleville).

Population, income & housing

	Cottleville	St. Paul
Population	5,750	3,292
Median age	36.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,420	$154,022
Median home value	$381,900	$421,900
Median gross rent	$1,693	$697
Housing units	2,228	1,174
Homeownership rate	78.4%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottleville	St. Paul
Population	5,200 → 5,750 (+10.6%)	2,295 → 3,292 (+43.4%)
Median household income	$108,036 → $114,420 (+5.9%)	$110,000 → $154,022 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $381,900 (+24.0%)	$330,000 → $421,900 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,693 (+36.4%)	$963 → $697 (-27.6%)

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

St. Paul

Population

2,2953,292

Median household income

$110,000$154,022

Median home value

$330,000$421,900

Median gross rent

$963$697

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottleville	St. Paul
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	12.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	19.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.8%
75 and over	2.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottleville	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottleville	St. Paul
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	19.1%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottleville	St. Paul
Drove alone	75.5%	77.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	12.3%
Other means	4.5%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottleville	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	68.8%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cottleville	St. Paul
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	2011	2004