Wentzville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 7,058 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Wentzville is the 115th largest community in Missouri.

There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wentzville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Wentzville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wentzville's real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. The city does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income in Wentzville is $47,232.

Unlike some cities, Wentzville isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wentzville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wentzville is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wentzville who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.68%), sales jobs (9.66%), and management occupations (7.05%).

Also of interest is that Wentzville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Wentzville is a very car-oriented city. 97.06% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Wentzville is a small city, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Wentzville has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Wentzville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Wentzville Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Wentzville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.50% of the adults in Wentzville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wentzville in 2000 was $18,039, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $72,156 for a family of four.

Wentzville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wentzville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wentzville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wentzville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Wentzville is English.