City safety & data profile

Spanish LakeMO

Spanish Lake, MO is a 20K-resident city in St. Louis County with a median household income of $55,920.

St. Louis County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Spanish Lake, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Spanish Lake has a population larger than 43% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $135,600.

Data updated 2026-09-03

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 44%
By size
$55,920
Median income (place)
$135,600
Median home (place)
14.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Spanish Lake

Spanish Lake posts a median household income higher than 16% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 17%
by median income, US cities

Where Spanish Lake income ranks nationally

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

$55,920 Bottom 16% higher than 16% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Spanish Lake $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 Spanish Lake, MO beyond the headline numbers

Spanish Lake sits inside St. Louis County, Missouri, at roughly 38.79°N, -90.22°W. Population 19,650, $55,920 median household income. Median home value $135,600, median rent $1,160. Poverty rate 14.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Spanish Lake, MO stands at 14.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Spanish Lake runs about 2.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 9.8% of Spanish Lake workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 13.5% in Spanish Lake, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Spanish Lake's median age is 33 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Spanish Lake 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)
19,650
Spanish Lake · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$55,920
-37% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$135,600
-67% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (St. Louis County): Spanish Lake'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 Spanish Lake, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,160/mo
Poverty Rate
14.8% +19% vs avg
Unemployment 7.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 14.3%
Work From Home 9.8%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 14.1%
African American 80.3%
Asian 0.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.8%

Health Profile 14 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
45.6%
Short Sleep Duration
45.1%
Obesity
43.5%
Physical Inactivity
38.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.3%
Current Smoking
21.2%
Diabetes
17.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.4%
Current Asthma
13.5%
Binge Drinking
12.6%

Preventive Care

Annual Checkup 81.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.7%
Stroke
5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Spanish Lake?

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

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Sheet MO-SPANISH-LAKE · Spanish Lake

Spanish Lake: 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 Spanish Lake; 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 Spanish Lake, MO? ▼
Spanish Lake, MO has a population of 19,650 people, located in St. Louis County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Spanish Lake? ▼
The median household income in Spanish Lake, MO is $55,920 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.8%.
What is the median home value in Spanish Lake? ▼
The median home value in Spanish Lake, MO is $135,600. Median rent is $1,160/month.
What are the top health concerns in Spanish Lake? ▼
The top health indicators in Spanish Lake include High Blood Pressure (45.6%), Short Sleep Duration (45.1%), Obesity (43.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Spanish Lake? ▼
The median age in Spanish Lake, MO is 33 years. 14.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (14.8% here).

Long Beach, CA 14.8% Warren, MI 14.8% Clearwater, FL 14.8% Pocatello, ID 14.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($55,920 here).

Mineral Wells, TX $55,929 Ponca City, OK $55,941 Alamogordo, NM $55,952 Lindenwold, NJ $55,954

Compare Spanish Lake 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

Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO 11K Jennings, MO 15K Old Jamestown, MO 19K Ferguson, MO 21K Florissant, MO 52K Alton, IL 27K Granite City, IL 29K Wood River, IL 10K
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Using Spanish Lake'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 Spanish Lake 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 Spanish Lake 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.