Lawson vs Wood Heights

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

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

Lawson has the higher population (2,742 vs 783 in Wood Heights). Wood Heights has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $63,799 in Lawson). Wood Heights has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $169,500 in Lawson).

Population, income & housing

	Lawson	Wood Heights
Population	2,742	783
Median age	31.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,799	$85,417
Median home value	$169,500	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,200
Housing units	1,053	291
Homeownership rate	73.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawson	Wood Heights
Population	2,145 → 2,742 (+27.8%)	672 → 783 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$59,698 → $63,799 (+6.9%)	$71,136 → $85,417 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $169,500 (+41.4%)	$126,300 → $187,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $1,006 (+36.7%)	$930 → $1,200 (+29.0%)

Lawson

Population

2,1452,742

Median household income

$59,698$63,799

Median home value

$119,900$169,500

Median gross rent

$736$1,006

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)

	Lawson	Wood Heights
Under 5	9.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	23.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	11.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	9.7%
75 and over	8.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawson	Wood Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	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	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawson	Wood Heights
No high school diploma	12.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	44.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawson	Wood Heights
Drove alone	74.2%	90.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	5.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawson	Wood Heights
1-unit, detached	86.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lawson	Wood Heights
Poverty rate	10.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1978	1975