St. John vs Valley Park

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

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

Valley Park has the higher population (6,817 vs 6,562 in St. John). Valley Park has the higher median household income ($64,470 vs $50,429 in St. John). Valley Park has the higher median home value ($232,900 vs $96,900 in St. John).

Population, income & housing

	St. John	Valley Park
Population	6,562	6,817
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,429	$64,470
Median home value	$96,900	$232,900
Median gross rent	$1,153	$1,343
Housing units	2,967	3,182
Homeownership rate	58.7%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. John	Valley Park
Population	6,396 → 6,562 (+2.6%)	6,799 → 6,817 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$53,916 → $50,429 (-6.5%)	$56,786 → $64,470 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $96,900 (+23.8%)	$179,700 → $232,900 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,153 (+15.9%)	$998 → $1,343 (+34.6%)

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

Valley Park

Population

6,7996,817

Median household income

$56,786$64,470

Median home value

$179,700$232,900

Median gross rent

$998$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. John	Valley Park
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.9%
75 and over	4.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. John	Valley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	82.5%
Black or African American	37.7%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. John	Valley Park
No high school diploma	14.2%	7.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. John	Valley Park
Drove alone	74.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	18.1%
Other means	2.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. John	Valley Park
1-unit, detached	92.5%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	26.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	St. John	Valley Park
Poverty rate	14.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1953	1990