Rents are 3% below what Creve Coeur's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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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 $1,456 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
January. Asking rents in Creve Coeur usually run 1.3% below trend in January and 1.2% above it in July, about $36 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Creve Coeur is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in February 2021.
Rent in Creve Coeur changed +5.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 60 Missouri cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.4%.
Rent rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($127,188) is $3,180 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($2,420).
Overland, 6 miles away, rents for 16% less ($1,217/mo), about $2,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Creve Coeur. 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
Creve Coeur, MO is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income above the national average, 70.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Creve Coeur, MO has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Creve Coeur, MO has shifted from $1,109 to $1,456, up 31.3% since 2021. Census figures show median household income at $127,188 today, compared with $100,810 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. The renter share has risen from 36.4% to 39.4%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 67.2% to 70.1% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Creve Coeur is $1,456/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,280/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,630/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,320/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,110/mo.
At 14% of local median household income ($127,188/yr), Creve Coeur ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.1% over the past year.
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