ZIP 63109
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
February. Asking rents in ZIP 63109 usually run 1.3% below trend in February and 1.3% above it in August, about $30 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 63109 is 0.4% below its high of $1,141 in June 2026, at $1,136 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 63109 changed +2.5% over the year to September 2026. Across the 119 Missouri ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.6%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 63109 rose 40.9% while median household income rose 10.6% ($63,231 to $69,938). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 63109 is 44.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($69,938) is $1,748 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($1,600); a 4-bedroom is $1,840.
5th cheapest of 14 ZIP codes in Saint Louis.
ZIP 63113, 6 miles away, rents for 15% less ($961/mo), about $2,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 63109. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 63109 (Saint Louis, MO) is majority owner-occupied, 52.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 63109 in Saint Louis, MO has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 63109 in Saint Louis, MO paid around $843 a month. That figure now sits near $1,136, up 34.8% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $64,741 to $69,938 between 2021 and 2024, a 8.0% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 63109 in Saint Louis, MO losing about 1,156 residents over the five-year window, down 4.4% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 49.7% to 52.5% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 63109 in Saint Louis, 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
ZIP code 63109 covers Saint Louis, MO. The median rent here is $1,136/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,010/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,240/mo.
At 19% of local median household income ($69,938/yr), ZIP 63109 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.5% over the past year.
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At $1,136/mo, rent takes ~19% of ZIP 63109's median household income ($69,938/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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