How St. Louis is built — and why it changes the price
St. Louis carries about 280,000 residents over 62 square miles — near 4,532 per square mile. That is the middle of the range, and it shows: the same crew will do a kerbside pickup and a second-floor carry on the same afternoon.
Neither houses nor flats dominate St. Louis — 43% detached, 25% in blocks of five or more. Local pros here quote both kinds every week, which is useful: they will ask the right questions.
With 55% of St. Louis homes rented, the city sits close to an even split between move-out clear-outs and owner cleanouts. Both are common enough that local pros quote either without blinking. The median St. Louis home dates to about 1938 — an era of walk-ups, half-landings and staircases that turn. Anything wide comes out on its side, and a crew that has seen the building before is worth listening to.
Measured from the city centre, our closest other coverage is Indianapolis (233 miles), Kansas City (234 miles) and Memphis (244 miles). Pros work across those lines all day, so the bids on a St. Louis job often come from trucks that started the morning somewhere else entirely.