Hayti Heights vs Steele

A side-by-side comparison of Hayti Heights and Steele: population, income, housing, and more.

Hayti Heights and Steele are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Steele has the higher population (1,449 vs 382 in Hayti Heights). Steele has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $21,250 in Hayti Heights). Steele has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $33,800 in Hayti Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Hayti Heights	Steele
Population	382	1,449
Median age	16.3 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$21,250	$33,750
Median home value	$33,800	$115,900
Median gross rent	$656	$729
Housing units	204	807
Homeownership rate	19.8%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	22.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayti Heights	Steele
Population	537 → 382 (-28.9%)	1,976 → 1,449 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$20,536 → $21,250 (+3.5%)	$30,577 → $33,750 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$29,200 → $33,800 (+15.8%)	$89,000 → $115,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$469 → $656 (+39.9%)	$525 → $729 (+38.9%)

Hayti Heights

Population

537382

Median household income

$20,536$21,250

Median home value

$29,200$33,800

Median gross rent

$469$656

Steele

Population

1,9761,449

Median household income

$30,577$33,750

Median home value

$89,000$115,900

Median gross rent

$525$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayti Heights	Steele
Under 5	12.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	42.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	6.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	5.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	4.2%	5.5%
75 and over	1.8%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayti Heights	Steele
White (non-Hispanic)	8.4%	76.1%
Black or African American	78.0%	15.5%
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	12.3%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayti Heights	Steele
No high school diploma	20.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	56.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayti Heights	Steele
Drove alone	61.6%	72.6%
Carpooled	33.3%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayti Heights	Steele
1-unit, detached	81.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hayti Heights	Steele
Poverty rate	45.5%	27.5%
Average household size	3.60	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1977	1970