Home values, rents and more in the St. Louis metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the St. Louis metro compares
The typical home in the St. Louis metro area is worth about $273,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the St. Louis metro are about the same as the typical value in Missouri ($265,000) and 25% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the St. Louis metro rose 3.3%, compared with +3.4% in Missouri and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,427 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Missouri ($1,395) and 26% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $80,196, against $70,702 in Missouri and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,814,421 people live in the St. Louis metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The St. Louis metro has the 411th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 5th-highest of 25 in Missouri with Zillow figures.
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the St. Louis metro
- Bond County, IL $164,000
- Calhoun County, IL $199,000
- Clinton County, IL $225,000
- Franklin County, MO $265,000
- Jefferson County, MO $292,000
- Jersey County, IL $204,000
- Lincoln County, MO $317,000
- Macoupin County, IL $144,000
- Madison County, IL $198,000
- Monroe County, IL $322,000
- St. Charles County, MO $372,000
- St. Clair County, IL $178,000
- St. Louis County, MO $286,000
- St. Louis city, MO $177,000
- Warren County, MO $336,000
Cities in the St. Louis metro
- Saint Louis, MO $181,000
- O Fallon, MO $378,000
- Saint Charles, MO $345,000
- Saint Peters, MO $321,000
- Florissant, MO $195,000
- Chesterfield, MO $571,000
- Wentzville, MO $402,000
- Belleville, IL $159,000
- Oakville, MO $364,000
- Wildwood, MO $577,000
- University City, MO $269,000
- O Fallon, IL $315,000
- Ballwin, MO $411,000
- Mehlville, MO $253,000
- Kirkwood, MO $466,000
- Maryland Heights, MO $262,000
- Granite City, IL $115,000
- Edwardsville, IL $328,000
- Alton, IL $102,000
- Hazelwood, MO $163,000
- Collinsville, IL $195,000
- Webster Groves, MO $442,000
- Arnold, MO $273,000
- Affton, MO $243,000
- Creve Coeur, MO $617,000
- Concord, MO $335,000
- Ferguson, MO $115,000
- Manchester, MO $376,000
- Lake Saint Louis, MO $433,000
- East Saint Louis, IL $34,926
- Spanish Lake, MO $149,000
- Godfrey, IL $220,000
- Clayton, MO $891,000
- Cahokia Heights, IL $46,270
- Fairview Heights, IL $197,000
- Lemay, MO $171,000
- Overland, MO $155,000
- Washington, MO $303,000
- Swansea, IL $265,000
- Shiloh, IL $316,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.