ST. LOUIS is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in St. Louis, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater St. Louis is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $1,075 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $43,698 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 52% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for St. Louis — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
486,379
- Gender balance
52%
- Male skew
52%
- Median income
$43,698
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,075
- Living wage
$45,989
- Transit fare
$1
- Rent trend
$1,075
- Most female-leaning zone
45%
- Democratic
61%
- Republican
37%
The shape of the market
Florissant is the most female-leaning zone, at about 45% men to 55% women.
St. Louis runs about 52% male, sharpest in Clayton (60%) and Ballwin (59%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in St. Louis
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Missouri doesn’t register voters by party, so we read the 2024 presidential vote: St. Louis County backed Harris about 61% to 37% — a solidly Democratic suburban county, with the independent City of St. Louis even bluer.
Trump took about 37% of St. Louis County, so while the urban core is deep blue, the wider metro mixes in redder exurban counties.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in St. Louis County needs about $46,000 a year just to cover the basics.
St. Louis’s one-bedroom rents are cheap for a metro its size and roughly flat year over year.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A MetroBus fare in St. Louis is just $1.00 one way.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Grove | 10,595 | 51 / 49 | $39,422 | $934 |
| Florissant | 10,032 | 45 / 55 | $39,976 | $1,429 |
| Central West End | 8,205 | 46 / 54 | $39,726 | $1,165 |
| University City | 7,101 | 47 / 53 | $46,754 | $1,218 |
| Soulard | 6,275 | 48 / 52 | $50,389 | $1,096 |
| The Hill | 5,676 | 51 / 49 | $54,908 | $1,240 |
| Chesterfield | 4,208 | 58 / 42 | $65,949 | $1,709 |
| Kirkwood | 4,052 | 55 / 45 | $66,658 | $1,385 |
| Clayton | 4,045 | 60 / 40 | $53,386 | $1,608 |
| Ballwin | 3,807 | 59 / 41 | $57,259 | $1,566 |
Local date spots
Real venues across St. Louis, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- The Hill
Mama's On The Hill
- University City
Salt + Smoke
- The Hill
Zia's on The Hill
- The Hill
Anthonino's Taverna
- University City
Blueberry Hill
- Soulard
John D. McGurk's Irish Pub and Garden
- The Hill
Rigazzi's
- Kirkwood
Billy G's Kirkwood
- The Hill
Favazza's on the Hill
- Soulard
Tuckers Place
- The Hill
Charlie Gitto's On the Hill
- University City
Corner 17
- Chesterfield
Annie Gunn's Restaurant
- Chesterfield
Rock & Brews St. Louis
- The Hill
Joey B's on the Hill
- Florissant
Hawaiian Bros Island Grill
- Soulard
Molly's In Soulard
- Florissant
Hendel's
- Chesterfield
Brick House Tavern + Tap
- Soulard
Bogart's Smokehouse
- Chesterfield
YaYas Euro Bistro - Chesterfield
- Ballwin
Circle 7 Ranch-Ballwin (Clayton Rd)
- Florissant
Florissant City Diner
- Soulard
Hammerstone's
- Soulard
Social Bar & Grill Soulard
- Soulard
1860 Saloon, Game Room, & Hardshell Café
- Tower Grove
MoKaBe's Coffeehouse
- Chesterfield
Spiro's Restaurant
- Clayton
801 Chophouse
- Clayton
City Coffee & Creperie