Wentzville

Population & Demographics

Wentzville, MO

Wentzville is home to 47,061 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 23,956 resident workers commute each day.

MissouriCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
47,061
people
Population

47,061 residents

Median age 36.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Wentzville population & demographics

Who lives in Wentzville — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
47,061
Median age
36.5yrs
Median household income
$112,394
Median home value
$331,300
Median gross rent
$1,345/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.6%
Poverty rate
5.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Wentzville

How Wentzville breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White84.2%
Black6.6%
Two or more races3.8%
Hispanic or Latino3.3%
Asian1.6%
Some other race0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Wentzville

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Wentzville.

Wentzville at a glance
Employed Residents
23,956
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
22.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
13.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
O’Fallon
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Wentzville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Wentzville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

49 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Wentzville

23,956 commutes, one dot at a time

Wentzville

Where 23,956 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Wentzville, by worker count.

1Wentzville0.0 mi3,139
2O’Fallon8.1 mi2,407
3St. Louis35.7 mi1,487
4St. Peters14.2 mi1,386
5Chesterfield20.0 mi1,223
6St. Charles19.2 mi1,208
7Maryland Heights23.0 mi1,052
8Creve Coeur24.9 mi773

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Wentzville.

1Wentzville0.0 mi3,139
2O’Fallon8.1 mi2,007
3St. Peters14.2 mi780
4Lake St. Louis4.6 mi690
5St. Charles19.2 mi603
6Troy12.4 mi528
7St. Louis35.7 mi500
8Warrenton15.2 mi323

Top industries

The sectors that employ Wentzville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing23.9%
RTRetail Trade15.9%
EDEducational Services12.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance8.9%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.5%
COConstruction4.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.1%
FIFinance and Insurance2.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Wentzville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
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