Birmingham vs Oakwood

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

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

Birmingham has the higher population (171 vs 163 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median household income ($136,250 vs $61,250 in Birmingham). Oakwood has the higher median home value ($402,300 vs $129,200 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Oakwood
Population	171	163
Median age	41.4 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$136,250
Median home value	$129,200	$402,300
Median gross rent	$893	—
Housing units	79	74
Homeownership rate	76.1%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Oakwood
Population	217 → 171 (-21.2%)	169 → 163 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$61,719 → $61,250 (-0.8%)	$103,750 → $136,250 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $129,200 (+21.2%)	$328,600 → $402,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $893 (-0.3%)	—

Birmingham

Population

217171

Median household income

$61,719$61,250

Median home value

$106,600$129,200

Median gross rent

$896$893

Oakwood

Population

169163

Median household income

$103,750$136,250

Median home value

$328,600$402,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	7.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	3.1%
35 to 44	24.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	5.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	27.6%
75 and over	6.4%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Oakwood
No high school diploma	12.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	52.1%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood
Drove alone	70.3%	72.6%
Carpooled	21.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Oakwood
Poverty rate	19.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1954	1962