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Lafayette Square Saint Louis, MO

The Gateway City’s oldest neighborhood is a trendy modern-day locale

Historic Park-Like Trendy

Located about two miles away from Downtown Saint Louis, historic Layfette Square is the city’s oldest neighborhoods. Lafayette is also a National Historic District, renowned for its colorful Victorian mansions and its lush namesake park. Lafayette Park is lush with gorgeous flowers, glistening waterfalls, and a small lake. The park is also a popular spot for outdoor concerts and weddings. This park-like, trendy neighborhood has sophisticated wine bars, high-end eateries, grocery stores, art galleries, and more. Residents also enjoy being close to even more options for shopping, dining, and entertainment in Downtown Saint Louis. While living in Lafayette Square, you’ll be 10 minutes away from the historic Gateway Arch, America's Center Convention Complex, and The Dome at America's Center. Perfect for students, faculty, and staff, Saint Louis University is less than 10 minutes away from Lafayette Square. This beloved historic district has rentals for every budget and style including luxury apartments, chic lofts, and charming houses.

Rent Trends

As of July 2026, the average apartment rent in Lafayette Square is $1,332 for a studio, $1,515 for one bedroom, and $1,945 for two bedrooms. Apartment rent in Lafayette Square has increased by 4.5% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 595 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,332/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 822 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,515/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 1,232 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,945/month

    Average Rent

Learn More About Lafayette Square

Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

70 / 100

Some Public Transit

Transit

40 / 100

Exceptionally Drivable

Drivability

100 / 100

Moderately Bikeable

Bikeability

60 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 10 Minute Walk

Groceries

80 / 100

Great Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

80 / 100

Great Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

80 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

70 / 100

Recreation

Exceptional Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

90 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

40 / 100

Local Vibe

Vibrant Atmosphere at Times

Vibrancy

50 / 100

Exceptional Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

90 / 100

Moderately Noisy

Quiet Score

40 / 100

Reviews of Lafayette Square - Saint Louis, MO

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4.2 22 Reviews

Current Resident

7 years and 6 months agoNiche Review

If you like culture, art and having a well crafted lifestyle - Lafayette Square is perfect place for you. Historic Homes, next to one of the few remaining Victorian parks, great neighborhood coffee shop/ restaurants/ and bars few minutes from downtown St. Louis.

Niche User

11 years and 3 months agoNiche Review

St. Louis is a great start-up area. If you are looking for cheap rent for you business, help starting up your company (funders), and tap into the areas numerous universities, then you can't beat St. Louis. Jobs downtown are harder to come by - the area does have major employers (such ad edward jones, ATT, Anheiser Bush, Purina, Peabody and Ameren), but most have moved outside of the city limits.

Niche User

11 years and 3 months agoNiche Review

The community in the area is really wonderful and welcoming. If you want to take advantage of it, it is available.

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11 years and 11 months agoNiche Review

you have to see the neighborhood to understand it. Large Victorian homes with smaller yards, lots of gardens.

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Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Lafayette Park
  • Serra Sculpture Park
  • Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
  • Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Tower Grove Park

Airports

  • St Louis Lambert International
  • Scott AFB/Midamerica St Louis

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.