HUD data for St. Louis Area Median Income for FYs 2000 and 2001; and HUD income-category definitions.  

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MSA: St. Louis, MO-IL FY 2001 income limits (source PDF file)
MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME: $ 60400
# in family: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
30% (extremely low income) 12700 14500 16300 18100 19550 21000 22450 23900
50% (very low income) 21150 24150 27200 30200 32600 35050 37450 39850
80% (low income) 33800 38650 43500 48300 52200 56050 59900 63800
 
FAIR MARKET RENT (*** Pending proposal ***)
66 Federal Register No. 90, page 23802, May 9, 2001
# bedrooms: 0 1 2 3 4
monthly rent: 396 482 625 814 899
 
MSA: St. Louis, MO-IL, FY 2000 income limits (source TXT file)
MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME (EFFECTIVE 3-9-00): $ 56500
# in family: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
30% (extremely low income) 10300 11750 13250 14700 15900 17050 18250 19400
50% (very low income) 17150 19600 22050 24500 26450 28400 30400 32350
80% (low income) 27450 31350 35300 39200 42350 45450 48600 51750
 
FAIR MARKET RENT (EFFECTIVE 10-1-99)
# bedrooms: 0 1 2 3 4
Monthly rent: 323 393 510 664 734

 


From the glossary found in HUD's 1999 report on the nation's worst case housing needs:
Income Categories
HUD-adjusted area median family income (HAMFI) In 1974, Congress defined "low income" and "very low income" for HUD rental programs as incomes not exceeding 80 and 50 percent, respectively, of the area median family income, as adjusted by HUD. Statutory adjustments now include upper and lower caps for areas with low or high ratios of housing costs to income and, for each nonmetropolitan county, a lower cap equal to its State's nonmetropolitan average. Estimates of the median family income and the official income cutoffs for each metropolitan area and nonmetropolitan county are based on the most recent decennial census results and then updated each year by HUD. Each base income cutoff is assumed to apply to a household of four, and official cutoffs are further adjusted by household size: one person, 70 percent of base; two persons, 80 percent; three persons, 90 percent; five persons, 108 percent; six persons, 116 percent; and so on.

Low income Reported income not in excess of 80 percent of HAMFI or, if lower, the national median family income. According to the AHS, in 1997, 42 percent of U.S. households reported incomes that fell below the low-income cutoffs.

Very low income Income not in excess of 50 percent of HAMFI. In 1997, 27 percent of U.S. households reported income below the very-low-income cutoffs.

Extremely low income Income not in excess of 30 percent of HAMFI. In 1997, 16 percent of U.S. households reported income below 30 percent of HAMFI.

Poor Household income below the official national poverty cutoffs for the United States for that household size. The poverty cutoff for a family of four approximates 33 percent of HAMFI. Forty-four percent of very-low-income households and 85 percent of extremely-low-income households are poor.

Middle income For this report, income between 81 and 120 percent of HAMFI. About one-fifth of U.S. households (19 percent) reported income in this category in 1997.

Upper income For this report, income above 120 percent of HAMFI. Almost two-fifths of U.S. households (39 percent) reported income in this category in 1997.

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