St. Peters vs Wentzville

A side-by-side comparison of St. Peters and Wentzville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Peters has the higher population (58,200 vs 45,734 in Wentzville). Wentzville has the higher median household income ($111,409 vs $89,827 in St. Peters). Wentzville has the higher median home value ($302,700 vs $252,800 in St. Peters).

Population, income & housing

	St. Peters	Wentzville
Population	58,200	45,734
Median age	41.1 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,827	$111,409
Median home value	$252,800	$302,700
Median gross rent	$1,291	$1,264
Housing units	24,871	15,919
Homeownership rate	80.9%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Peters	Wentzville
Population	57,273 → 58,200 (+1.6%)	38,841 → 45,734 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$78,786 → $89,827 (+14.0%)	$90,403 → $111,409 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$182,200 → $252,800 (+38.7%)	$228,400 → $302,700 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,291 (+30.4%)	$1,009 → $1,264 (+25.3%)

St. Peters

Population

57,27358,200

Median household income

$78,786$89,827

Median home value

$182,200$252,800

Median gross rent

$990$1,291

Wentzville

Population

38,84145,734

Median household income

$90,403$111,409

Median home value

$228,400$302,700

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Peters	Wentzville
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	24.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	17.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	7.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	6.7%
75 and over	6.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Peters	Wentzville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	86.1%
Black or African American	5.3%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Peters	Wentzville
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	22.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Peters	Wentzville
Drove alone	74.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	16.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Peters	Wentzville
1-unit, detached	69.1%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	St. Peters	Wentzville
Poverty rate	5.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1988	2007