Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri

St. Louis County

29-04222

Bellefontaine Neighbors is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Greater St. Louis. In 2010 Bellefontaine Neighbors had 10,860 inhabitants.

Geography

Bellefontaine Neighbors located in the northern suburban area of St. Louis in St. Ferdinand Township at 38 ° 44'25 " north latitude and 90 ° 13'35 " west longitude. The city covers 11.3 km ². The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois, is located less than one kilometer east of the city.

Towns nearby Bellefontaine Neighbors are Spanish Lake ( on the northern city limits ), Riverview ( on the northeast city limits ) Glasgow Village ( at the eastern city limits ), the city of St. Louis (on the southeastern outskirts ), Moline Acres ( on the southwest city ​​limits ) and Castle Point (at the western city limit). The downtown St. Louis is located 15 km south.

Traffic

In west-east direction is at the northern city limits of Bellefontaine Neighbors Interstate 270, which serves as the northern ring road of the metropolitan area of St. Louis. On the western city boundary crosses the Missouri State Route 367 All other roads are County Roads or more minor urban roads.

In a north-south direction through Bellefontaine Neighbors, a railway line of the BNSF Railway, which runs from St. Louis along the Mississippi River in northern direction.

The Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located 22.6 km west of Bellefontaine Neighbors.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Bellefontaine Neighbors 10,860 people in 4311 households. The population density was 961.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 4311 households lived statistically 2.41 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 25.7 percent white, 72.7 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 53.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 45,647. The per capita income was $ 15,256. 36.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.