Herculaneum vs High Ridge

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

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

Herculaneum has the higher population (4,925 vs 4,209 in High Ridge). Herculaneum has the higher median household income ($88,778 vs $75,040 in High Ridge). Herculaneum has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $166,400 in High Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
Population	4,925	4,209
Median age	38.1 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,778	$75,040
Median home value	$222,100	$166,400
Median gross rent	$2,065	$1,106
Housing units	1,891	1,793
Homeownership rate	88.4%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
Population	4,025 → 4,925 (+22.4%)	4,459 → 4,209 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$65,449 → $88,778 (+35.6%)	$64,231 → $75,040 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $222,100 (+39.9%)	$131,700 → $166,400 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,699 → $2,065 (+21.5%)	$954 → $1,106 (+15.9%)

Herculaneum

Population

4,0254,925

Median household income

$65,449$88,778

Median home value

$158,800$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,065

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)

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
Under 5	2.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	23.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	29.7%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
Drove alone	80.7%	81.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
1-unit, detached	91.2%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Herculaneum	High Ridge
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	2001	1976