The median home value in Clayton, MO is $897,108 as of 2026-06-30, up 6.73% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$897,108
Year-over-Year
+6.73%
Population
17,501
Clayton ranks #3 of 113 Missouri cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 229.7% above the state's city median of $272,079. It sits in Saint Louis County, where the county-wide median is $293,458.
Clayton police recorded a violent crime rate of 103 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 794 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Clayton is $897,108. That's up 6.73% from a year earlier. That is about 229.7% above the typical county in Missouri.
Homes in Clayton are more expensive than Saint Louis County as a whole, where the median is $293,458 — a difference of about 205.7%.
Clayton police reported 103 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 17,501. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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