DellwoodMO
A town of 4,825.
Is Dellwood a good place to live?
Dellwood gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $111K, 1.4 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades C− overall, 182nd among Missouri's 247 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and its public schools trail 94% of Missouri towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, it is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Dellwood, above both Missouri’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On civic life, just 17 of Missouri’s 390 towns do worse.
What makes Dellwood stand out
Where Dellwood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Dellwood for work
Where Dellwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Dellwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Dellwood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cahokia and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dellwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi State parkCahokia
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaThe Dome at America's Center
10 mi Stadium & arenaBusch Stadium
10 mi National ParkGateway Arch National Park2.2M visitors a year
13 mi LandmarkMonks Mound
11 mi Ancient sitePiasaPhoto credits
Cahokia: Thank You (24 Millions ) views, CC BY 2.0 · The Dome at America's Center: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · Busch Stadium: Lee Ann Ratledge, CC BY 4.0 · Gateway Arch National Park: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monks Mound: Skubasteve834, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Piasa: Burfalcy, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Dellwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dellwood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Dellwood.
Dellwood has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to St. Louis and beyond.
Dellwood stands out in Missouri and nationally, with more of its adults who feel lonely
40% of Dellwood adults feel lonely. Dellwood beats the Missouri average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 28% of Dellwood adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Dellwood | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Dellwood | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 8.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.5% | 16.3% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 21.2% | 9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Dellwood earns an A− for cost of living
At 1.4 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income, the typical home (about $111K) costs less against local pay than in 96% of Missouri towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living.
The typical Dellwood home is worth about $111,000, up 3.8% in a year, 58% below the Missouri typical home.
| Dellwood | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,161 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fewer of Dellwood’s working residents work locally than in the typical Missouri or U.S. town
Dellwood has 552 jobs for its 2,092 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.9% of working residents work locally in Dellwood. Since 2013, Dellwood has lost 81 jobs, to 552 in 2023. The top destinations are St.
| Dellwood | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Heat waves leads a high hazard risk in Dellwood
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dellwood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Dellwood has four seasons and hot summers
Dellwood has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 23° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Dellwood
Colleges nearby
24 within 15 miles of the center of Dellwood
About 3 of every 100 Dellwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Dellwood
City in Missouri, United States
Dellwood is a city in the north St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,914 at the 2020 census. The city encompasses a mostly residential area between Chambers Road and Interstate 270, as well a number of businesses along West Florissant Avenue.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 538 ft
- Area code
- 314
Dellwood’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Dellwood.
Dellwood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Dellwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Dellwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dellwood, MO a good place to live?
Dellwood grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #182 of 247 in Missouri. It grades D for health and D for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Dellwood, MO expensive?
Not for the area. Louis, MO-IL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.