Dardenne Prairie vs Lake St. Louis

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

Dardenne Prairie 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 13,137 in Dardenne Prairie). Dardenne Prairie has the higher median household income ($155,585 vs $123,427 in Lake St. Louis). Dardenne Prairie has the higher median home value ($392,300 vs $375,300 in Lake St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
Population	13,137	17,538
Median age	42.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$155,585	$123,427
Median home value	$392,300	$375,300
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,608
Housing units	4,553	7,495
Homeownership rate	93.3%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.5%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
Population	13,293 → 13,137 (-1.2%)	15,989 → 17,538 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$132,192 → $155,585 (+17.7%)	$92,298 → $123,427 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $392,300 (+30.1%)	$274,400 → $375,300 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,174 → $1,359 (+15.8%)	$1,130 → $1,608 (+42.3%)

Dardenne Prairie

Population

13,29313,137

Median household income

$132,192$155,585

Median home value

$301,500$392,300

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,359

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)

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
Under 5	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.9%
75 and over	5.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	86.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	18.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
Drove alone	74.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	18.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
1-unit, detached	86.1%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dardenne Prairie	Lake St. Louis
Poverty rate	1.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	2004	1999