Birmingham vs Oakwood Park

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

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

Oakwood Park has the higher population (224 vs 171 in Birmingham). Oakwood Park has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $61,250 in Birmingham). Oakwood Park has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $129,200 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Oakwood Park
Population	171	224
Median age	41.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$85,000
Median home value	$129,200	$169,200
Median gross rent	$893	$1,425
Housing units	79	90
Homeownership rate	76.1%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Oakwood Park
Population	217 → 171 (-21.2%)	331 → 224 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$61,719 → $61,250 (-0.8%)	$80,625 → $85,000 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $129,200 (+21.2%)	$142,300 → $169,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $893 (-0.3%)	$1,125 → $1,425 (+26.7%)

Birmingham

Population

217171

Median household income

$61,719$61,250

Median home value

$106,600$129,200

Median gross rent

$896$893

Oakwood Park

Population

331224

Median household income

$80,625$85,000

Median home value

$142,300$169,200

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,425

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood Park
Under 5	4.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	24.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	5.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	3.6%
75 and over	6.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
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%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Oakwood Park
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	52.1%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood Park
Drove alone	70.3%	89.1%
Carpooled	21.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Oakwood Park
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	Oakwood Park
Poverty rate	19.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1954	1958