Greene County vs St. Louis County

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

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

St. Louis County has the higher population (996,618 vs 301,121 in Greene County). St. Louis County has the higher median household income ($81,340 vs $57,488 in Greene County). St. Louis County has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $203,500 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	St. Louis County
Population	301,121	996,618
Median age	36.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,488	$81,340
Median home value	$203,500	$260,700
Median gross rent	$940	$1,164
Housing units	137,930	445,472
Homeownership rate	56.9%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	St. Louis County
Population	289,756 → 301,121 (+3.9%)	996,919 → 996,618 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$46,086 → $57,488 (+24.7%)	$67,420 → $81,340 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $203,500 (+39.4%)	$198,800 → $260,700 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $940 (+22.6%)	$983 → $1,164 (+18.4%)

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. Louis County

Population

996,919996,618

Median household income

$67,420$81,340

Median home value

$198,800$260,700

Median gross rent

$983$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	St. Louis County
Under 5	5.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.9%
75 and over	7.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	St. Louis County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	62.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	24.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	St. Louis County
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	28.2%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	St. Louis County
Drove alone	77.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.9%	1.4%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	St. Louis County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	10.6%
20 or more units	9.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	St. Louis County
Poverty rate	14.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1982	1968