Oaks vs Oakwood Park

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

Oaks 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 178 in Oaks). Oaks has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $169,200 in Oakwood Park). Since 2019, Oaks's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs -32.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Oaks	Oakwood Park
Population	178	224
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$85,000
Median home value	$300,000	$169,200
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,425
Housing units	75	90
Homeownership rate	73.8%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oaks	Oakwood Park
Population	149 → 178 (+19.5%)	331 → 224 (-32.3%)
Median household income	$109,375 → $108,333 (-1.0%)	$80,625 → $85,000 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $300,000 (+41.2%)	$142,300 → $169,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,357 → $1,463 (+7.8%)	$1,125 → $1,425 (+26.7%)

Oaks

Population

149178

Median household income

$109,375$108,333

Median home value

$212,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,463

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)

	Oaks	Oakwood Park
Under 5	9.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	12.9%	4.9%
25 to 34	2.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	21.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	3.6%
75 and over	2.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oaks	Oakwood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oaks	Oakwood Park
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	19.6%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oaks	Oakwood Park
Drove alone	79.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oaks	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

	Oaks	Oakwood Park
Poverty rate	0.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1948	1958