Creve Coeur vs Ferguson

A side-by-side comparison of Creve Coeur and Ferguson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Creve Coeur has the higher population (18,643 vs 18,350 in Ferguson). Creve Coeur has the higher median household income ($119,454 vs $46,106 in Ferguson). Creve Coeur has the higher median home value ($566,100 vs $99,300 in Ferguson).

Population, income & housing

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
Population	18,643	18,350
Median age	43.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,454	$46,106
Median home value	$566,100	$99,300
Median gross rent	$1,494	$1,066
Housing units	8,668	9,777
Homeownership rate	61.9%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.7%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
Population	18,538 → 18,643 (+0.6%)	20,738 → 18,350 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$96,319 → $119,454 (+24.0%)	$40,000 → $46,106 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$402,300 → $566,100 (+40.7%)	$83,500 → $99,300 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,494 (+20.1%)	$929 → $1,066 (+14.7%)

Creve Coeur

Population

18,53818,643

Median household income

$96,319$119,454

Median home value

$402,300$566,100

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,494

Ferguson

Population

20,73818,350

Median household income

$40,000$46,106

Median home value

$83,500$99,300

Median gross rent

$929$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
Under 5	4.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.2%
75 and over	13.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	25.4%
Black or African American	9.3%	69.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	11.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
No high school diploma	2.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	9.4%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
Drove alone	70.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	6.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	14.5%
Other means	0.7%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
1-unit, detached	50.7%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	23.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Creve Coeur	Ferguson
Poverty rate	6.3%	24.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1979	1957