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

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 38,191 people in, 41,575 out. Most were moving between Missouri counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−3,384 people
−2,320 households
Arrivals' income
$71.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$79.5k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving St. Louis County 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 city11,755
  2. St. Charles County4,054
  3. Jefferson County2,848
  4. St. Clair County, IL1,093
  5. Madison County, IL877
  6. Franklin County546
  7. Cook County, IL500
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)7,166

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Missouri. People, 2022–23.

  1. St. Louis city8,205
  2. St. Charles County6,788
  3. Jefferson County3,740
  4. Madison County, IL944
  5. St. Clair County, IL926
  6. Franklin County873
  7. Cook County, IL620
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)7,062

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
212 people
Left for abroad
394 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)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−2,32022–23††‡†
Net migration of St. Louis County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−1,736
2014–15 †−2,231
2015–16−3,254
2016–17 †−3,591
2017–18−1,333
2018–19 ‡−1,562
2019–20−1,972
2020–21−2,689
2021–22−3,057
2022–23 †−2,320

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 County, Missouri?” movedwhere.com/county/st-louis-county-mo. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.