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St. Louis vs Lee's Summit

St. Louis, MO compared with Lee's Summit, MO · 224 miles apart

St. Louis has 278,144 residents to Lee's Summit’s 107,514. St. Louis comes out ahead on median rent, average commute. Lee's Summit does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

St. Louis, MO Lee's Summit, MO
Population 278,144 107,514
Density (per sq mi) 4,507 1,683
Median household income $56,160 $102,531
Median home value $197,500 $340,900
Median rent $997 $1,422
Homeownership 45.3% 73.4%
Average commute 22.1 min 25.2 min
Median age 36.8 38.8
Bachelor's degree + 41.1% 48.8%
Poverty rate 20.6% 5.7%
Unemployment 5% 3.8%
Price to income 3.5× 3.3×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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