What is the population of Herculaneum city?

Herculaneum city has 4,925 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #144 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Herculaneum city?

Median household income in Herculaneum city is $88,778 a year, 13% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Herculaneum city?

Median gross rent is $2,065 a month and the median home value is $222,100, so rent absorbs about 27.9% of median household income.

Is Herculaneum city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Herculaneum city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Herculaneum, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Herculaneum, Missouri (Herculaneum, MO — Census place “Herculaneum city”) is 4,925 residents, ranking #144 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $88,778, the median home is worth $222,100 and median gross rent runs $2,065 a month. Looking for the Herculaneum Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Herculaneum, MO: 63048.

Population: 4,925Herculaneum city residents
Median household income: $88,778Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $222,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,065Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 88.4%Owner-occupied households

Herculaneum ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Herculaneum.

The Herculaneum MO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

63048

What the numbers mean in Herculaneum city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Herculaneum city median would spend about 27.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.4% of residents and 88.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Herculaneum city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Herculaneum city is a small town in Missouri, with 4,925 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #144 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 38.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Herculaneum city earn a median of $88,778 a year, 13% above the national figure of $78,538 and 60% above the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Herculaneum city is valued at $222,100, 26.8% below the national figure and 46% above the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,065 a month, 46.9% above the national figure, or roughly $24,780 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 88.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Herculaneum city?: Herculaneum city has 4,925 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #144 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Herculaneum city?: Median household income in Herculaneum city is $88,778 a year, 13% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Herculaneum city?: Median gross rent is $2,065 a month and the median home value is $222,100, so rent absorbs about 27.9% of median household income.
Is Herculaneum city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Herculaneum city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Herculaneum city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.