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| | Since the 1990s, Green Park has seen a significant influx of European-born immigrants, mostly from [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>https://www.city-data.com/city/Green-Park-Missouri.html</ref> | | Since the 1990s, Green Park has seen a significant influx of European-born immigrants, mostly from [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>https://www.city-data.com/city/Green-Park-Missouri.html</ref> |
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| | + | ==Geography== |
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| | + | Green Park is bounded by Interstate 55 to the southeast, U.S. Route 50 (locally known as Lindbergh Boulevard) to the southwest, Missouri State Highway 21 (Tesson Ferry Road) to the northwest, and Grant's Trail (loosely paralleling Gravois Creek) to the northeast. It is located about 10 miles southwest of downtown [[St. Louis]]. Its official coordinates are 38°31′25″N 90°20′17″W. |
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| | + | The city lies on gently rolling terrain, with Gravois Creek, a small tributary of the [[Mississippi River]], constituting the most important body of water. Green Park has a total area of 1.35 square miles, and an average elevation of 545 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref> |
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| | + | ==Demographics== |
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| | + | At the 2010 census, Green Park had a total of 2,622 inhabitants, grouped into 1,001 households, with a population density of 3,736.2 people per square mile. This figure represented a slight increase from the 2000 census, when Green Park had a population of 2,666. 92.49% of the inhabitants were White, 1.37% were African-American, 0.04% were Native American, 3.47% were Asian, 0.08% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.31% were from some other race, and 2.25% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.68% of the population. |
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| | + | The median age in Green Park was 45.1 years, with 20.3% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 6.4% between 18 and 24 years old, 23.3% between 25 and 44, 28.3% between 45 and 64, and 21.8% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 47.3% male, 52.7% female.<ref>https://mcdc.missouri.edu/applications/census2010/report.php?g=16000US2929324|04000US29</ref> |
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| | + | According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Green Park had a median household income of $60,563, and a median family income of $79,261. The unemployment rate was 4.4%. The per capita income was $29,379. About 5.5% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 9.5% of those under the age of 18 and 7.3% of those 65 years of age or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2929324&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |