Birmingham vs Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Birmingham and Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

Birmingham and Oaks are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oaks has the higher population (178 vs 171 in Birmingham). Oaks has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $129,200 in Birmingham). Since 2019, Oaks's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Oaks
Population	171	178
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	—
Median home value	$129,200	$300,000
Median gross rent	$893	$1,463
Housing units	79	75
Homeownership rate	76.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Oaks
Population	217 → 171 (-21.2%)	149 → 178 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$61,719 → $61,250 (-0.8%)	$109,375 → $108,333 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $129,200 (+21.2%)	$212,500 → $300,000 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $893 (-0.3%)	$1,357 → $1,463 (+7.8%)

Birmingham

Population

217171

Median household income

$61,719$61,250

Median home value

$106,600$129,200

Median gross rent

$896$893

Oaks

Population

149178

Median household income

$109,375$108,333

Median home value

$212,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Oaks
Under 5	4.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.8%
35 to 44	24.6%	21.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	18.0%
55 to 64	5.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	5.6%
75 and over	6.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Oaks
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	52.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Oaks
Drove alone	70.3%	79.8%
Carpooled	21.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Oaks
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Oaks
Poverty rate	19.4%	0.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1954	1948