Wildwood (Missouri)
St. Louis County
29-79820
Wildwood 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 Wildwood had 35 517 inhabitants.
Geography
Wildwood is located in the western suburbs of St. Louis between the southern bank of the Missouri River and the north bank of the Meramec River. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois, located about 45 km to the east. Wildwood is located at 38 ° 34'58 " north latitude and 90 ° 39'46 " west longitude. The city covers 172 sq km, spread over 171 km ² land and 1 km ² water surface.
The city is located mostly in Chesterfield Township, but also extends into the Meramec and the Wildhorse Township.
In the city of Wildwood are the Babler State Park and the Rockwood Reservation, an IUCN -certified Wildlife Reserve.
Towns nearby Wildwood are Chesterfield ( 16.6 km NNE ) Clarkson Valley ( 11.2 km north east ) Ellisville (8.6 km east), Valley Park ( 21.1 km east-southeast ), Eureka ( 12.5 km south-southeast ) and Pacific (16,9 km southwest). The center of the city of St. Louis is located 44.5 km east.
Traffic
Through the center of Wildwood runs the old Route 66 on a common path with the Missouri State Route 100 in the town center, the Missouri State Route 109 intersects All other roads are County Roads or more subordinate within city roads.
By Wildwood runs along the Missouri River, a leading west railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Just north then to the city of Wildwood is the Spirit of St. Louis Airport. The larger Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located approximately 44 kilometers northeast of Wildwood.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Wildwood 35,517 people in 12,112 households. The population density was 207.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 12,112 households lived statistically 2.93 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.2 percent white, 1.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 4.0 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
30.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 115,181. The per capita income was $ 49,130 . 2.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.