Greene County vs St. Charles County

A side-by-side comparison of Greene County and St. Charles County: population, income, housing, and more.

Greene County and St. Charles County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Charles County has the higher population (409,830 vs 301,121 in Greene County). St. Charles County has the higher median household income ($102,912 vs $57,488 in Greene County). St. Charles County has the higher median home value ($296,800 vs $203,500 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	St. Charles County
Population	301,121	409,830
Median age	36.4 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,488	$102,912
Median home value	$203,500	$296,800
Median gross rent	$940	$1,312
Housing units	137,930	164,594
Homeownership rate	56.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	St. Charles County
Population	289,756 → 301,121 (+3.9%)	394,290 → 409,830 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$46,086 → $57,488 (+24.7%)	$84,978 → $102,912 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $203,500 (+39.4%)	$219,100 → $296,800 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $940 (+22.6%)	$1,041 → $1,312 (+26.0%)

Greene County

Population

289,756301,121

Median household income

$46,086$57,488

Median home value

$146,000$203,500

Median gross rent

$767$940

St. Charles County

Population

394,290409,830

Median household income

$84,978$102,912

Median home value

$219,100$296,800

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,312

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	St. Charles County
Under 5	5.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	St. Charles County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	83.9%
Black or African American	2.9%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	St. Charles County
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	28.2%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	St. Charles County
Drove alone	77.5%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	St. Charles County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	St. Charles County
Poverty rate	14.4%	4.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1982	1994