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Lake St. Louis, MO Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Lake St. Louis, MO Housing Market Trends

With 18,337 people, 6,897 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $490,530, Lake St. Louis real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Lake St. Louis home values aren't among America's most expensive.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lake St. Louis, accounting for 69.13% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lake St. Louis include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.70%), row houses and other attached homes ( 12.57%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.60%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Lake St. Louis. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 78.49% of Lake St. Louis's homes, and 60.77% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Lake St. Louis built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Lake St. Louis built between 2000 and later ( 42.54%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 3.90%).

Lake St. Louis Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Lake St. Louis have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 89.25%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Lake St. Louis house appreciation rate of 6.59%.

Over the last year, Lake St. Louis appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Lake St. Louis's appreciation rate has been 0.00%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Lake St. Louis were at 1.09%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 4.45%.

Relative to Missouri, our data show that Lake St. Louis's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Missouri.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$490,530

Lake St. Louis, MO Home Prices
> $1,273,000
$955,001 - $1,273,000
$636,001 - $955,000
$509,001 - $636,000
$382,001 - $509,000
$255,001 - $382,000
$127,001 - $255,000
$64,001 - $127,000
$0 - $64,000
1.0%
1.0%
2.6%
2.6%
13.9%
13.9%
18.5%
18.5%
26.9%
26.9%
24.3%
24.3%
8.8%
8.8%
3.2%
3.2%
0.8%
0.8%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Very High

for Missouri

Very High

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

6,897

Lake St. Louis Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$2,058 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
78.5%
78.5%
21.5%
21.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
2.5%
2.5%
97.5%
97.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
42.5%
42.5%
53.6%
53.6%
3.9%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
69.1%
69.1%
12.6%
12.6%
4.6%
4.6%
13.7%
13.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
0.7%
0.7%
6.7%
6.7%
23.4%
23.4%
32.3%
32.3%
28.4%
28.4%
8.4%
8.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes