Is St. Louis, MO a good place to invest in rental property?

St. Louis, MO has a median modeled monthly cash flow of $-232 and a median cap rate of 4.9%, on a median sold price of $240,000. Prices changed +0.6% year over year.

What is the average cap rate in St. Louis, MO?

The median cap rate across recently sold homes in St. Louis, MO is 4.9%, based on CashFlowRE's rent and expense modeling.

What is the median home price in St. Louis, MO?

The median sold price in St. Louis, MO is $240,000 (about $160 per square foot).

Investing in St. Louis, MO Real Estate

A data-driven snapshot of the St. Louis, MO rental-property market, built from recently sold homes and CashFlowRE's per-listing investment modeling — median price, cap rate, monthly cash flow, appreciation and inventory — so you can judge the market before you ever open a listing.

$240,000Median sold price

$160Median $/sqft

4.9%Median cap rate

$-232Modeled cash flow / mo

+0.6%Appreciation YoY

9.3Months of supply

2,833Active listings

3,639Sold (last 12 mo)

What the St. Louis numbers say

In St. Louis, MO, the median home sold for $240,000 (about $160 per square foot), and the typical deal models out to a 4.9% cap rate with a median $-232 of monthly cash flow. Sold prices moved +0.6% over the past year. Inventory sits at about 9.3 months of supply — a looser, buyer-friendly market. These are medians across recorded sales; individual properties vary widely, which is exactly what CashFlowRE scores listing by listing.

🔨 See 17 fix-and-flip deals in St. Louis — listings where the estimated after-repair value beats list price + rehab.

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CashFlowRE ranks every for-sale home in St. Louis, MO by cap rate, cash-on-cash return, DSCR and monthly cash flow — so the best rental deals rise to the top. Create a free account to screen St. Louis deals, or browse the national market data.