Cottleville vs Weldon Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Cottleville and Weldon Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Cottleville and Weldon Spring are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cottleville has the higher population (5,750 vs 5,291 in Weldon Spring). Weldon Spring has the higher median household income ($155,081 vs $114,420 in Cottleville). Weldon Spring has the higher median home value ($523,300 vs $381,900 in Cottleville).

Population, income & housing

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
Population	5,750	5,291
Median age	36.9 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,420	$155,081
Median home value	$381,900	$523,300
Median gross rent	$1,693	$2,692
Housing units	2,228	2,213
Homeownership rate	78.4%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
Population	5,200 → 5,750 (+10.6%)	5,531 → 5,291 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$108,036 → $114,420 (+5.9%)	$107,875 → $155,081 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $381,900 (+24.0%)	$397,300 → $523,300 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,693 (+36.4%)	$1,833 → $2,692 (+46.9%)

Cottleville

Population

5,2005,750

Median household income

$108,036$114,420

Median home value

$308,000$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,693

Weldon Spring

Population

5,5315,291

Median household income

$107,875$155,081

Median home value

$397,300$523,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
Under 5	4.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	2.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.4%
75 and over	2.3%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	92.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	19.1%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
Drove alone	75.5%	64.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	30.3%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
1-unit, detached	68.8%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottleville	Weldon Spring
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	2011	1993