Roofing for Creve Coeur homes: replacement, leaks and storm damage. In Creve Coeur, the 2009 IRC is in force and 1% of the 8,821 homes went up before 1940. Any permit the job needs is ours to pull.
Creve Coeur runs to about 10.3 square miles and roughly 18,643 people. It sits about 13 miles west of downtown St. Louis. The community dates back to 1949. We cover ZIP code 63141.
No completed roof in Creve Coeur is logged in our job records yet.
Creve Coeur's housing is predominantly 1960s-70s construction, with the single largest building wave in the 1970s (about 2,026 units).
Creve Coeur incorporated in 1949 and grew rapidly after Interstate 270 and U.S. Route 40 were built through it. A handful of cabins more than 200 years old still stand in Conway Park, alongside the mid-century subdivisions that make up most of the city's housing.
Housing from this stretch in Creve Coeur sits on plywood or OSB decking and was largely first roofed with three-tab shingles. Most are on their second covering by now. The things worth checking are the penetrations rather than the field: pipe boots from this era are the single most common leak we trace, because the rubber collar splits long before the shingles wear out. Ridge venting was inconsistent through these years, and OSB that has been damp for a season goes soft in a way plywood does not — you find it with your feet, not from the ground.
By the Census Bureau's estimate there are 8,821 homes in Creve Coeur, with a median year built of 1980. 88 of them (1%) went up before 1940 — 38th of 48 places on this site for pre-1940 share — and 1,933 (22%) in 2000 or later. The 1970s were the busiest decade, adding 2,026 of today's homes (23%). (St. Louis County as a whole: 10% before 1940.)
Missouri's Department of Commerce and Insurance puts the useful life of a roof at usually about 25 years. By that measure, 78% of Creve Coeur's homes — the 6,888 built before 2000 — are past their first roof, and 28% (2,441 homes) go back before 1970, two roof lives and more. The 972 homes from the 2000s are where first replacements come up now, while the 961 built since 2010 are mostly still on the roof they were built with. At that age it pays to know whether the last roof was torn off or laid over the one before it, because a second layer hides the deck.
51% of homes in Creve Coeur are single-family detached houses (4,460) and 6% attached ones such as townhouses (533). 863 homes (10%) sit in two- to nine-unit buildings and 2,965 (34%) in buildings of ten units or more, whose roofs are normally an owner's or a board's call rather than a resident's. 4,945 of 8,158 occupied homes (61%) are lived in by their owners. With houses like these, the jobs we expect most are flat and low-slope sections, which turn up more on attached and multi-unit buildings.
| Built | Homes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1940 | 88 | 1% | |
| 1940s | 47 | 1% | |
| 1950s | 567 | 6% | |
| 1960s | 1,739 | 20% | |
| 1970s | 2,026 | 23% | |
| 1980s | 1,361 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 1,060 | 12% | |
| 2000s | 972 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 961 | 11% | |
| 2020 or later | 0 | 0% |
Census ACS 2020–2024, tables B25034, B25035, B25024 and B25003: 8,821 homes, 8,158 occupied. Survey estimates.
Between 2016 and 2025 there were 15 reports of 1-inch-plus hail within 5 miles of Creve Coeur’s center in the records of NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, on 6 separate days. 2 of them were 1.75 inches or larger. The largest, 1.75 inches, came on May 16, 2025, about 4.6 miles east of the center. The most recent was 1 inch on May 19, 2025. Counts follow people as much as storms, since every report is a spotter’s or a resident’s.
| Latest reports | Size | From center |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2025 | 1 inch | 4.4 mi NE |
| May 19, 2025 | 1 inch | 3 mi S |
| May 16, 2025 | 1.75 inches | 4.6 mi E |
| May 16, 2025 | 1 inch | 3.5 mi NE |
| May 16, 2025 | 1.5 inches | 3.9 mi E |
A bruised shingle can look fine for a season or two, which is why a storm inspection after a date like these is worth having.
Creve Coeur has not published an answer on re-roof permits. The building department (314-872-2500) gets the question from us before work starts, and any permit it wants is part of our job.
Creve Coeur enforces the 2009 IRC. The city's Building Code page says it has adopted revised versions of the 2009 International Building Code, 2009 International Residential Code and 2009 International Energy Conservation Code.
The published number is 314-872-2500. The building official on record is Gregory B. Tate, Chief Building Official (314-872-2513). The department page is here.
Creve Coeur shares the metro's figures: 115 mph design wind, 20 psf ground snow. The code guide explains both.
Creve Coeur borders Town and Country and Maryland Heights. Our pages for them:
Also in St. Louis County:
| City | Re-roof permit | Code | Median built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creve Coeur | Not published | 2009 IRC | 1980 |
| Town and Country | Yes | 2018 I-Codes (2024 I-Codes pending) | 1983 |
| Maryland Heights | Yes | 2021 IRC | 1975 |
| Affton | Conditional | 2015 IRC | 1958 |
| Ballwin | Yes | 2015 I-Codes (2024 I-Codes proposed for 2026) | 1976 |
| Brentwood | Not published | 2024 IRC | 1956 |
| Chesterfield | Not published | 2015 IBC / 2015 IRC | 1982 |
All 21 St. Louis County cities side by side →
Nothing published settles it for Creve Coeur, so the department gets the question before work starts and any permit it wants is pulled by us.
Creve Coeur enforces the 2009 IRC. The city's Building Code page says it has adopted revised versions of the 2009 International Building Code, 2009 International Residential Code and 2009 International Energy Conservation Code.
Older than most people guess: the Census puts 78% of Creve Coeur's homes before 2000 and 28% before 1970, with a median year built of 1980 (2020–2024 estimates). A roof usually lasts about 25 years, so the deck and the layers get checked before any quote.
The last report near Creve Coeur of hail 1 inch or bigger came on May 19, 2025; NOAA's records hold 15 of them within 5 miles since 2016.
The building official on record is Gregory B. Tate, Chief Building Official. The department's own number is on this page, beside its name.
Not yet: no completed roof in Creve Coeur is in our job records, so this page shows no job count.
Researched 2026-09-09; housing, Census ACS 2020–2024; hail, NOAA SPC. Sources: www.crevecoeurmo.gov · www.crevecoeurmo.gov · ecode360.com · ecode360.com · en.wikipedia.org · censusreporter.org · www.point2homes.com · data.census.gov · www.spc.noaa.gov. Rules and staff change; check with the jurisdiction.
