Who's moving to and from St. Louis city, Missouri?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 17,536 people in, 22,001 out. Most were moving between Missouri counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−4,465 people
−1,371 households
Arrivals' income
$52.8k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$67.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving St. Louis city went in Missouri

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Missouri counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like St. Clair County, IL, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in Missouri. People, 2022–23.

  1. St. Louis County8,205
  2. St. Charles County703
  3. St. Clair County, IL579
  4. Jefferson County500
  5. Madison County, IL389
  6. Cook County, IL328
  7. Boone County155
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,749

Where did people go?

About 7 in 10 who left stayed in Missouri. People, 2022–23.

  1. St. Louis County11,755
  2. St. Charles County910
  3. Jefferson County851
  4. St. Clair County, IL692
  5. Madison County, IL405
  6. Cook County, IL374
  7. Harris County, TX192
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,722

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
94 people
Left for abroad
133 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is St. Louis usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−1,37122–23††‡†
Net migration of St. Louis city (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−820
2014–15 †−306
2015–16−1,574
2016–17 †−3,449
2017–18−2,242
2018–19 ‡−1,359
2019–20−2,001
2020–21−3,222
2021–22−2,451
2022–23 †−1,371

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from St. Louis city, Missouri?” movedwhere.com/county/st-louis-city-mo. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.