High Ridge vs Imperial

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

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

Imperial has the higher population (5,617 vs 4,209 in High Ridge). Imperial has the higher median household income ($87,949 vs $75,040 in High Ridge). Imperial has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $166,400 in High Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	High Ridge	Imperial
Population	4,209	5,617
Median age	47.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,040	$87,949
Median home value	$166,400	$221,900
Median gross rent	$1,106	$1,255
Housing units	1,793	2,037
Homeownership rate	88.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Ridge	Imperial
Population	4,459 → 4,209 (-5.6%)	4,260 → 5,617 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$64,231 → $75,040 (+16.8%)	$64,565 → $87,949 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $166,400 (+26.3%)	$162,300 → $221,900 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,106 (+15.9%)	$944 → $1,255 (+32.9%)

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

Imperial

Population

4,2605,617

Median household income

$64,565$87,949

Median home value

$162,300$221,900

Median gross rent

$944$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	High Ridge	Imperial
Under 5	4.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	23.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	20.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.6%
75 and over	10.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Ridge	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Ridge	Imperial
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	45.3%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Ridge	Imperial
Drove alone	81.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	7.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Ridge	Imperial
1-unit, detached	78.6%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	High Ridge	Imperial
Poverty rate	4.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1976	1989