Shrewsbury vs St. John

A side-by-side comparison of Shrewsbury and St. John: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. John has the higher population (6,562 vs 6,328 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($84,942 vs $50,429 in St. John). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($266,600 vs $96,900 in St. John).

Population, income & housing

	Shrewsbury	St. John
Population	6,328	6,562
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,942	$50,429
Median home value	$266,600	$96,900
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,153
Housing units	3,332	2,967
Homeownership rate	62.0%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shrewsbury	St. John
Population	6,150 → 6,328 (+2.9%)	6,396 → 6,562 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$59,313 → $84,942 (+43.2%)	$53,916 → $50,429 (-6.5%)
Median home value	$174,300 → $266,600 (+53.0%)	$78,300 → $96,900 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,143 (+24.9%)	$995 → $1,153 (+15.9%)

Shrewsbury

Population

6,1506,328

Median household income

$59,313$84,942

Median home value

$174,300$266,600

Median gross rent

$915$1,143

St. John

Population

6,3966,562

Median household income

$53,916$50,429

Median home value

$78,300$96,900

Median gross rent

$995$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shrewsbury	St. John
Under 5	4.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.8%
75 and over	14.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shrewsbury	St. John
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	40.8%
Black or African American	9.8%	37.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shrewsbury	St. John
No high school diploma	1.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	11.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shrewsbury	St. John
Drove alone	71.0%	74.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	4.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shrewsbury	St. John
1-unit, detached	44.6%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	22.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shrewsbury	St. John
Poverty rate	9.1%	14.0%
Average household size	1.95	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1968	1953