Rents are right about where Chesterfield's 10-year trend predicts.
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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,680 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
March. Asking rents in Chesterfield usually run 2.6% below trend in March and 2.3% above it in August, about $82 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Chesterfield is 0% below its high of $1,680 in August 2026, at $1,680 as of September 2026.
Rent in Chesterfield changed +5.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 60 Missouri cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.4%.
30% of the median household income ($133,037) is $3,326 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($2,440).
Creve Coeur, 4 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,456/mo), about $2,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Chesterfield. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Chesterfield, MO is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income above the national average, 72.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Chesterfield, MO has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Chesterfield, MO has increased from $1,272 to $1,680, a 32.1% change over five years. Median household income rose from $124,551 to $133,037 between 2021 and 2024, a 6.8% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. Renters now make up 22.4% of households, compared with 19.5% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 72.5% of adults here, versus 70.4% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Chesterfield, MO reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Chesterfield is $1,680/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,280/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,640/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,330/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,120/mo.
At 15% of local median household income ($133,037/yr), Chesterfield ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.8% over the past year.
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