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Velda City city, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Velda City city is a Census city of 1,158 people across 0.16 square miles of land, in St. Louis County. Median household income is $37,105, 60.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Velda City
What Velda City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.16 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,104 plus or minus 1,583
- 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.
Velda City
How many people live in Velda City
- Population1,158 plus or minus 258
- Median age32.7
- Population under 18305 plus or minus 102
- Share under 1826.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Population 65 and over191 plus or minus 56
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent
- Households484 plus or minus 97
- Family households311 plus or minus 83
- Share of households that are families64.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Velda City
Income and work in Velda City
- Median household income$37,105 plus or minus $8,835
- Per capita income$19,780
- Civilian labor force576 plus or minus 187
- Employed560 plus or minus 190
- Unemployed16 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over719
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.6 percent plus or minus 8.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Velda City
Housing in Velda City
- Housing units622
- Occupied units484 plus or minus 97
- Vacant units138 plus or minus 55
- Vacancy rate22.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Owner occupied292 plus or minus 79
- Renter occupied192 plus or minus 68
- Ownership rate60.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$49,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,218
- Annual rent as a share of median income39.4 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Single family units539
- Share single family86.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more67 plus or minus 41
- Share in buildings of two or more10.8 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes16 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1946
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Velda City
How Velda City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute498 plus or minus 191
- Commuting under 15 minutes75 plus or minus 50
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.1 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more98 plus or minus 47
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Drove alone74.1 percent plus or minus 20.6
- Carpooled8.0 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport1.8 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked6.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Worked from home9.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
St. Louis County, not Velda City
St. Louis County context, not Velda City 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 Velda City 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 Velda City. 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- 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
Velda City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Velda City, Missouri?
1,158, in 484 households. Velda City city covers 0.16 square miles of land, which is 7,104 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Velda City 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 Velda City?
$37,105. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $49,500. Median gross rent is $1,218 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Velda City 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 Velda City.
Is zoning published for Velda City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.