One of the benefits of St. Louis is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.70 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
In St. Louis, just 6.84% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in St. Louis in 2022 was $13,169, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $52,676 for a family of four. However, St. Louis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
St. Louis is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Louis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Louis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. St. Louis also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.71% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in St. Louis include German, English, Irish, African, and European.
The most common language spoken in St. Louis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
