Gray Summit vs Villa Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Gray Summit and Villa Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Gray Summit and Villa Ridge are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Villa Ridge has the higher population (2,994 vs 2,847 in Gray Summit). Villa Ridge has the higher median household income ($67,129 vs $54,883 in Gray Summit). Villa Ridge has the higher median home value ($153,100 vs $140,200 in Gray Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
Population	2,847	2,994
Median age	35.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,883	$67,129
Median home value	$140,200	$153,100
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,605
Housing units	1,201	1,013
Homeownership rate	81.3%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
Population	2,699 → 2,847 (+5.5%)	2,603 → 2,994 (+15.0%)
Median household income	$54,174 → $54,883 (+1.3%)	$55,352 → $67,129 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $140,200 (+6.3%)	$141,500 → $153,100 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,041 (+12.9%)	$1,220 → $1,605 (+31.6%)

Gray Summit

Population

2,6992,847

Median household income

$54,174$54,883

Median home value

$131,900$140,200

Median gross rent

$922$1,041

Villa Ridge

Population

2,6032,994

Median household income

$55,352$67,129

Median home value

$141,500$153,100

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,605

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
Under 5	9.9%	10.7%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	9.9%
75 and over	5.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	89.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.8%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
No high school diploma	16.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
Drove alone	76.0%	70.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
1-unit, detached	72.8%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Gray Summit	Villa Ridge
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1990	1982