Florissant vs University City

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

Florissant and University City 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 34,655 in University City). University City has the higher median household income ($76,466 vs $66,344 in Florissant). University City has the higher median home value ($285,100 vs $136,200 in Florissant).

Population, income & housing

	Florissant	University City
Population	51,915	34,655
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,344	$76,466
Median home value	$136,200	$285,100
Median gross rent	$1,259	$1,265
Housing units	23,221	17,827
Homeownership rate	66.5%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florissant	University City
Population	51,455 → 51,915 (+0.9%)	34,498 → 34,655 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$54,978 → $66,344 (+20.7%)	$61,274 → $76,466 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $136,200 (+39.5%)	$273,500 → $285,100 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,259 (+21.8%)	$1,066 → $1,265 (+18.7%)

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

University City

Population

34,49834,655

Median household income

$61,274$76,466

Median home value

$273,500$285,100

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,265

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florissant	University City
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.2%
75 and over	6.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florissant	University City
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	54.7%
Black or African American	42.1%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florissant	University City
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florissant	University City
Drove alone	79.2%	66.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.7%
Public transit	2.0%	4.5%
Walked	0.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.6%	17.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florissant	University City
1-unit, detached	78.7%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	8.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Florissant	University City
Poverty rate	9.5%	13.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1963	1949