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Mehlville gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $253K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the St. Louis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 40th of 247 in Missouri. On the plus side, the median household earns $67K. 17% of residents are under 18 in Mehlville, below both the Missouri town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery and Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Mehlville beats most towns.
Where Mehlville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Missouri), ordered by how far Mehlville is from typical.
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Census counts: 27,557 in 1990, 28,955 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1933 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mehlville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi State parkCahokia
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaThe Dome at America's Center
11 mi Stadium & arenaBusch Stadium
11 mi National ParkGateway Arch National Park2.2M visitors a year
20 mi Theme parkMid America Adventure
11 mi Stadium & arenaEnterprise CenterCahokia: 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 · Mid America Adventure: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Enterprise Center: Haaron755, CC BY-SA 3.0
Mehlville is unincorporated, so St. Louis County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Mehlville.
Mehlville is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
Among working residents in Mehlville, 4.5% work locally. The top destinations are St. Louis (21%), Maryland Heights (4%) and Creve Coeur (4%). Jobs in the town fell by 899 from 2013 to 2023, to 9,238. Half commute less than 11 miles.
| Mehlville | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 13% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The public schools here belong to the Mehlville R-Ix school district. The largest public high school is Mehlville High School, with 1,388 students. Below: Three of its 6 schools, each with why it was picked.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 577 | B− |
| Mehlville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,388 | B− |
| Mosaic ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 258 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MO on state tests and graduation
The range runs from 24° on a January night to 89° on a July afternoon, with about 10 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Households in Mehlville have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2015. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. 12 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1978. FEMA puts 39% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to heat waves, and 27% to inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 10,218 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mehlville’s, it is healthier than 81%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
In Mehlville, 18% of adults say their health is fair or poor. The town beats the Missouri average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Among adults in the town, 30% have obesity and 11% worry about having enough food.
| Mehlville | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Mehlville | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.3% | 15.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 13.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For residents in Mehlville, the share who are 65 or older is 21%. Nearly a third of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Missouri. The town’s midpoint age is 42.4 years.
| Mehlville | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 22% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.1 points. Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 47.1, men 38.7.
| Mehlville | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.3% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.5% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.2% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.1% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Typical home values rose 2.4% in the year to September 2026. Homes sold in Mehlville spent a median 6 days on the market. In Mehlville, 61% of sales closed above the list price.
| Mehlville | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,066 a month | $970 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Just 49 of its 4,860 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Mehlville itself; its outdoors grade is D.
Parks and preserves in Mehlville: one, of 2 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sylvan Springs Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
20 within 15 miles of the center of Mehlville
About 6 of every 100 Mehlville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Missouri.
Place in Missouri, United States
Mehlville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in south St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, an area locally known as "South County". It is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, and part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Mehlville.
| Town | MO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehlville | #40 | A− | B+ | — | B | B |
| Oakville | #58 | B+ | B− | — | B | A− |
| Green Park | #2 | A+ | A− | — | B+ | A− |
| Lemay | #70 | B+ | A | — | B | C |
| Concord | #32 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Affton | #25 | A | A− | — | C+ | B+ |
Mehlville, Oakville, Green Park, Lemay, Concord and Affton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mehlville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Mehlville grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #40 of 247 in Missouri. It grades B for health and B for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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