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Ballwin city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Ballwin city is a Census city of 31,279 people across 9.08 square miles of land, in St. Louis County. Median household income is $124,626, 84.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 54 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30.4 m.
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Ballwin
What Ballwin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.08 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,443
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Louis County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ballwin
How many people live in Ballwin
- Population31,279
- Median age42.6
- Population under 186,961
- Share under 1822.3 percent
- Population 65 and over5,960
- Share 65 and over19.1 percent
- Households12,079
- Family households8,752
- Share of households that are families72.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ballwin
Income and work in Ballwin
- Median household income$124,626
- Per capita income$57,442
- Civilian labor force16,849
- Employed16,355
- Unemployed494 plus or minus 255
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over22,029
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher65.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree22.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ballwin
Housing in Ballwin
- Housing units12,563
- Occupied units12,079
- Vacant units484 plus or minus 235
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Owner occupied10,165
- Renter occupied1,914
- Ownership rate84.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$377,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,418
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.7 percent
- Single family units11,093
- Share single family88.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,470
- Share in buildings of two or more11.7 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ballwin
How Ballwin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,731
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,390 plus or minus 478
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,520
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.5 percent
- Drove alone72.9 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home20.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ballwin
SBA loans in Ballwin (7(a))
- Approvals54
- Gross approval$30,379,300
- Average approval$562,580
- Median approval$276,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,425,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported899
- Jobs per approval16.6
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full11
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises14.8 percent
- Distinct lenders27
- Distinct industries by NAICS35
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ballwin
SBA loans in Ballwin (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$6,829,000
- Average approval$1,138,167
- Median approval$947,000
- Largest approval$2,549,000
- Jobs supported84
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
St. Louis County, not Ballwin
St. Louis County context, not Ballwin figures
These are St. Louis County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ballwin measurements.
- Establishments in St. Louis County29,717
- Employment at those establishments, St. Louis County629,036
- Covered employment, St. Louis County596,676
- Average annual pay, St. Louis County$75,926
- Average weekly wage, St. Louis County$1,460
- Housing units permitted, St. Louis County1,193
- Of those, single family, St. Louis County687
- County product, 2024, St. Louis County$114,807,071,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Louis County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Louis County$94,672
Every figure in this section is published for St. Louis County as a whole and is not a measurement of Ballwin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ballwin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ballwin, Missouri?
31,279, in 12,079 households. Ballwin city covers 9.08 square miles of land, which is 3,443 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ballwin in?
St. Louis County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ballwin?
$124,626. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $377,100. Median gross rent is $1,418 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ballwin businesses?
54 7(a) approvals totalling $30.4 m, across 27 lenders, median approval $276,300, plus 6 504 approvals worth $6.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ballwin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ballwin borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 8.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Ballwin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Louis County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ballwin.
Is zoning published for Ballwin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.