City safety & data profile

JenningsMO

Jennings, MO is a 15K-resident city in St. Louis County with a median household income of $38,984.

St. Louis County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Jennings, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Jennings has a population larger than 26% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $68,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 27%
By size
$38,984
Median income (place)
$68,800
Median home (place)
25.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Jennings

Jennings posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities

Where Jennings income ranks nationally

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

$38,984 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Jennings $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 Jennings, MO beyond the headline numbers

Jennings sits inside St. Louis County, Missouri, at roughly 38.72°N, -90.26°W. Population 14,819, $38,984 median household income. Median home value $68,800, median rent $961. Poverty rate 25.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

25.2% of Jennings, MO residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Jennings runs about 1.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 8.8% of Jennings workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 7.5% in Jennings, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

13.6% of Jennings workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Jennings 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)
14,819
Jennings · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$38,984
-56% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$68,800
-83% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (St. Louis County): Jennings'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 Jennings, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$961/mo
Poverty Rate
25.2% +103% vs avg
Unemployment 8.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 10.8%
Work From Home 8.8%
Public Transit 13.6%

Population

White 5.1%
African American 89%
Asian 0.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
54.7%
Obesity
48.5%
Physical Inactivity
47.3%
Short Sleep Duration
46.6%
Current Smoking
26.8%
Diabetes
24.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
20.4%
Current Asthma
14.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
14%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 41.8%
Annual Checkup 82.9%

Other Measures

Binge Drinking
10.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.5%
Stroke
7.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Jennings?

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

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Sheet MO-JENNINGS-MO · Jennings

Jennings: 5 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 5 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago

Tagged alert mix: Jennings

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 5 tagged notices on record for Jennings.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Chicago, IL (5 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (5 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Chicago, IL 5 alerts Philadelphia, PA 5 alerts Indianapolis, IN 5 alerts Atlanta, GA 5 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Jennings, MO? ▼
Jennings, MO has a population of 14,819 people, located in St. Louis County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Jennings? ▼
The median household income in Jennings, MO is $38,984 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 25.2%.
What is the median home value in Jennings? ▼
The median home value in Jennings, MO is $68,800. Median rent is $961/month.
What are the top health concerns in Jennings? ▼
The top health indicators in Jennings include High Blood Pressure (54.7%), Obesity (48.5%), Physical Inactivity (47.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Jennings? ▼
The median age in Jennings, MO is 39.4 years. 10.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (25.2% here).

Lorain, OH 25.2% Oildale, CA 25.2% Griffin, GA 25.2% Gantt, SC 25.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($38,984 here).

Atmore, AL $38,862 Americus, GA $39,176 Gary, IN $38,731 Inkster, MI $39,252

Compare Jennings with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO 11K Ferguson, MO 21K University City, MO 35K Spanish Lake, MO 20K Florissant, MO 52K Clayton, MO 16K Overland, MO 16K St. Louis, MO 280K
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Using Jennings'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 Jennings 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 Jennings 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.