Byrnes Mill vs High Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Byrnes Mill and High Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

High Ridge has the higher population (4,209 vs 3,168 in Byrnes Mill). Byrnes Mill has the higher median household income ($87,663 vs $75,040 in High Ridge). Byrnes Mill has the higher median home value ($249,500 vs $166,400 in High Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
Population	3,168	4,209
Median age	39.2 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,663	$75,040
Median home value	$249,500	$166,400
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,106
Housing units	1,310	1,793
Homeownership rate	84.2%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
Population	2,970 → 3,168 (+6.7%)	4,459 → 4,209 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$69,583 → $87,663 (+26.0%)	$64,231 → $75,040 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$226,700 → $249,500 (+10.1%)	$131,700 → $166,400 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,039 (+18.6%)	$954 → $1,106 (+15.9%)

Byrnes Mill

Population

2,9703,168

Median household income

$69,583$87,663

Median home value

$226,700$249,500

Median gross rent

$876$1,039

High Ridge

Population

4,4594,209

Median household income

$64,231$75,040

Median home value

$131,700$166,400

Median gross rent

$954$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
Under 5	7.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	20.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.1%
75 and over	2.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	84.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
Drove alone	78.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	6.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
1-unit, detached	63.7%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Byrnes Mill	High Ridge
Poverty rate	20.1%	4.6%
Average household size	2.47	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1996	1976