Chesterfield vs Florissant

A side-by-side comparison of Chesterfield and Florissant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Florissant has the higher population (51,915 vs 49,591 in Chesterfield). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($133,380 vs $66,344 in Florissant). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($458,000 vs $136,200 in Florissant).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Florissant
Population	49,591	51,915
Median age	46.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$133,380	$66,344
Median home value	$458,000	$136,200
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,259
Housing units	21,724	23,221
Homeownership rate	78.4%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Florissant
Population	47,605 → 49,591 (+4.2%)	51,455 → 51,915 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$113,315 → $133,380 (+17.7%)	$54,978 → $66,344 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$379,800 → $458,000 (+20.6%)	$97,600 → $136,200 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,553 (+29.4%)	$1,034 → $1,259 (+21.8%)

Chesterfield

Population

47,60549,591

Median household income

$113,315$133,380

Median home value

$379,800$458,000

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,553

Florissant

Population

51,45551,915

Median household income

$54,978$66,344

Median home value

$97,600$136,200

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Florissant
Under 5	4.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.1%
75 and over	11.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Florissant
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	47.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Florissant
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	7.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	36.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Florissant
Drove alone	70.7%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.1%	2.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	24.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Florissant
1-unit, detached	63.8%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	9.5%
20 or more units	8.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Florissant
Poverty rate	3.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1982	1963