St. Mary vs Ste. Genevieve

A side-by-side comparison of St. Mary and Ste. Genevieve: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ste. Genevieve has the higher population (4,996 vs 255 in St. Mary). St. Mary has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $43,856 in Ste. Genevieve). Ste. Genevieve has the higher median home value ($164,600 vs $97,500 in St. Mary).

Population, income & housing

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
Population	255	4,996
Median age	52.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$43,856
Median home value	$97,500	$164,600
Median gross rent	$783	$761
Housing units	145	2,223
Homeownership rate	75.0%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
Population	370 → 255 (-31.1%)	4,418 → 4,996 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $57,500 (+31.4%)	$49,788 → $43,856 (-11.9%)
Median home value	$76,300 → $97,500 (+27.8%)	$121,700 → $164,600 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $783 (+0.4%)	$711 → $761 (+7.0%)

St. Mary

Population

370255

Median household income

$43,750$57,500

Median home value

$76,300$97,500

Median gross rent

$780$783

Ste. Genevieve

Population

4,4184,996

Median household income

$49,788$43,856

Median home value

$121,700$164,600

Median gross rent

$711$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
Under 5	11.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	17.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	16.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	18.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	16.5%	13.6%
75 and over	7.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	86.4%
Black or African American	8.6%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
No high school diploma	27.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	46.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
Drove alone	90.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
1-unit, detached	74.5%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	St. Mary	Ste. Genevieve
Poverty rate	24.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	37	25
Median year structure built	1954	1967