Excelsior Estates vs Wood Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Excelsior Estates and Wood Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wood Heights has the higher population (783 vs 312 in Excelsior Estates). Wood Heights has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $76,985 in Excelsior Estates). Wood Heights has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $52,500 in Excelsior Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
Population	312	783
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,985	$85,417
Median home value	$52,500	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,287	$1,200
Housing units	119	291
Homeownership rate	48.7%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.0%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
Population	228 → 312 (+36.8%)	672 → 783 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$39,583 → $76,985 (+94.5%)	$71,136 → $85,417 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$31,600 → $52,500 (+66.1%)	$126,300 → $187,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$920 → $1,287 (+39.9%)	$930 → $1,200 (+29.0%)

Excelsior Estates

Population

228312

Median household income

$39,583$76,985

Median home value

$31,600$52,500

Median gross rent

$920$1,287

Wood Heights

Population

672783

Median household income

$71,136$85,417

Median home value

$126,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$930$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
Under 5	1.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	15.1%	11.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.2%	9.7%
75 and over	9.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
No high school diploma	46.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.5%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
Drove alone	91.2%	90.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
1-unit, detached	5.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	94.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior Estates	Wood Heights
Poverty rate	7.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1993	1975