City safety & data profile

FlorissantMO

Florissant, MO is a 52K-resident city in St. Louis County with a median household income of $65,318.

St. Louis County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Florissant, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Florissant has a population larger than 80% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $148,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

52K
Population (place)
Top 20%
By size
$65,318
Median income (place)
$148,800
Median home (place)
10.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Florissant

Florissant posts a median household income higher than 30% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 31%
by median income, US cities

Where Florissant income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$65,318 Bottom 30% higher than 30% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Florissant $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MO

Population among 83 MO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Kansas City is the largest MO city on this list; Town and Country leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MO

Median household income among the same 83-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Town and Country posts the highest place-level median income in MO; Kansas City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Florissant, MO beyond the headline numbers

Florissant sits inside St. Louis County, Missouri, at roughly 38.79°N, -90.32°W. Population 52,268, $65,318 median household income. Median home value $148,800, median rent $1,288. Poverty rate 10.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 10.1%, poverty in Florissant, MO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Florissant runs about 2.3 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

13.6% of Florissant workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.9% in Florissant, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Florissant from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
52,268
Florissant · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$65,318
-27% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$148,800
-64% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (St. Louis County): Florissant's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
996K-0%
Median Income
$82,936+41%
Median Home Value
$276,800+59%
Poverty Rate
9.8%-10%
Unemployment
4.3%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Florissant, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,288/mo
Poverty Rate
10.1% -19% vs avg
Unemployment 5.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 22.5%
Work From Home 13.6%
Public Transit 1.9%

Population

White 45.7%
African American 44%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
39.2%
Short Sleep Duration
37.6%
Obesity
35.8%
Physical Inactivity
29.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Current Smoking
16.7%
Binge Drinking
15.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.3%
Diabetes
12.8%
Current Asthma
11.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 58.5%
Annual Checkup 79.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Florissant?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Florissant right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet MO-FLORISSANT · Florissant

Florissant: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Florissant; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Missouri state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Florissant, MO? ▼
Florissant, MO has a population of 52,268 people, located in St. Louis County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Florissant? ▼
The median household income in Florissant, MO is $65,318 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.1%.
What is the median home value in Florissant? ▼
The median home value in Florissant, MO is $148,800. Median rent is $1,288/month.
What are the top health concerns in Florissant? ▼
The top health indicators in Florissant include High Blood Pressure (39.2%), Short Sleep Duration (37.6%), Obesity (35.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Florissant? ▼
The median age in Florissant, MO is 37.6 years. 22.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Florissant, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (10.1% here).

Stamford, CT 10.1% Beaverton, OR 10.1% Parma, OH 10.1% New Rochelle, NY 10.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($65,318 here).

Dearborn, MI $65,324 Eustis, FL $65,373 West Odessa, TX $65,234 Redan, GA $65,227

Compare Florissant with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Ferguson, MO 21K Hazelwood, MO 26K Old Jamestown, MO 19K Saint Ann, MO 13K Bridgeton, MO 12K Jennings, MO 15K Overland, MO 16K Spanish Lake, MO 20K
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Using Florissant's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Florissant area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Florissant against Missouri peers on any ranking lens. Explore Missouri

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (St. Louis County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.