Lake St. Louis vs St. Paul

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

Lake St. Louis and St. Paul 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 3,292 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median household income ($154,022 vs $123,427 in Lake St. Louis). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($421,900 vs $375,300 in Lake St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
Population	17,538	3,292
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$123,427	$154,022
Median home value	$375,300	$421,900
Median gross rent	$1,608	$697
Housing units	7,495	1,174
Homeownership rate	75.2%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
Population	15,989 → 17,538 (+9.7%)	2,295 → 3,292 (+43.4%)
Median household income	$92,298 → $123,427 (+33.7%)	$110,000 → $154,022 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$274,400 → $375,300 (+36.8%)	$330,000 → $421,900 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,608 (+42.3%)	$963 → $697 (-27.6%)

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

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)

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
Under 5	3.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	19.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	5.8%
75 and over	9.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.7%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
Drove alone	75.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.5%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	66.9%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake St. Louis	St. Paul
Poverty rate	4.1%	0.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1999	2004