St. Louis housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
St. Louis home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical St. Louis, Missouri home at $181,157 in September 2026. That was −0.2% lower than a year earlier and −0.7% below the $182,420 peak in March 2026.
- What a home is typically worth
- $181,157September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change in 12 months
- −0.2% since September 2025.
St. Louis home prices since 2000
The steel line shows St. Louis. The grey line shows the United States. Since January 2000, a typical St. Louis home increased from $83,258 to $181,157, or ×2.18. Over those same months, the US figure was ×2.99. $149,207 marked the boom high in June 2008, compared with the low of $96,337 in December 2013, down 35.4%.
Yearly median home price in St. Louis
Each yearly figure averages twelve monthly values, while 2026 shows the latest month.
| Year | St. Louis | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $85,520 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $94,116 | +10.1% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $103,023 | +9.5% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $114,160 | +10.8% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $124,425 | +9.0% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $134,654 | +8.2% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $144,568 | +7.4% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $147,877 | +2.3% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $147,429 | −0.3% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $137,240 | −6.9% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $134,405 | −2.1% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $116,419 | −13.4% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $106,254 | −8.7% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $100,677 | −5.2% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $97,339 | −3.3% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $102,346 | +5.1% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $109,134 | +6.6% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $118,201 | +8.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $127,149 | +7.6% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $131,928 | +3.8% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $142,343 | +7.9% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $159,588 | +12.1% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $168,010 | +5.3% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $173,255 | +3.1% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $179,160 | +3.4% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $181,408 | +1.3% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $181,157 | −0.2% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in any year in St. Louis is worth today
An index-based estimate for a typical home, rather than an appraisal.
Each yearly figure averages its twelve monthly index values, and the current value is from September 2026. Other choices include the home appreciation calculator.
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Forecast for the St. Louis housing market
For the St. Louis, MO metro, Zillow's forecast calls for +2.6% from September 2026 over 12 months. It also expects +0.8% during the next three months. With St. Louis's typical value at $181,157, this forecast points to about $185,900 a year on.
This is Zillow's central forecast for the metro, presented again here. The site does not publish a forecast of its own. Such 12-month forecasts typically miss the realised change by several percentage points, either way. This is not investment advice.
All metro forecasts appear in one table: housing market forecast.
Crash risk score for the St. Louis housing market
The rating is moderate: 25 of 100.
This score ranks St. Louis against 292 cities using five conditions that were high before earlier price falls. For comparison with other cities, every input receives a score from 0 to 100. All five scores carry equal weight in the average. It shows current conditions, not a prediction of a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −21.7% | 19 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | −10.7% | 20 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 11.7 | 7 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 3.4 | 13 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −0.2% | 67 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. Scoring details: methodology. Rankings for all 292 cities: crash risk by city.
St. Louis inventory and days on market
For September 2026 the St. Louis, MO metro recorded 7,154 homes listed for sale. That was +16.3% above a year earlier and −21.7% compared with the same month of 2019. Listings had a median sale time of 50 days (−10.7% against 2019), while 19.9% received a price cut.
| St. Louis, MO metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 7,154 | +16.3% |
| New listings | 3,598 | |
| Median days on market | 50 | +8.8% |
| Median list price | $285,950 | −4.7% |
| Share with a price cut | 19.9% |
Source: Realtor.com® Economic Research, for metro inventory. Realtor.com data. For every metro: days on market by city.
Living costs in St. Louis
The Zillow Observed Rent Index sets the typical asking rent in St. Louis at $1,292 a month. This is +3.1% higher than one year earlier. For a typical home, the cost equals 11.7 years of that rent. Census ACS 2024 reports median household income at $53,374, while a typical home equals 3.4 times one year's income. BEA sets metro prices at 95.1, while the US average is 100. Housing costs are 79.0.
Rent, prices and the salary required to move there: living costs in St. Louis.
More housing markets across Missouri
- Kansas City $250,185
- Springfield, Missouri $243,597
- Columbia, Missouri $321,671
- Independence value $210,944.
- Branson value $245,493.
For the full state: Missouri housing market.
How to read this chart
Each point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for St. Louis, which tracks the smoothed and seasonally adjusted value of a typical home in the market's middle third, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the month selected on the slider. The terracotta dot shows the latest month. Inflation is not included in these figures, and the index measures a typical home rather than one house. For a single home, use its sale price with the card above or the home appreciation calculator.