Cottleville vs Wentzville

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

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

Wentzville has the higher population (45,734 vs 5,750 in Cottleville). Cottleville has the higher median household income ($114,420 vs $111,409 in Wentzville). Cottleville has the higher median home value ($381,900 vs $302,700 in Wentzville).

Population, income & housing

	Cottleville	Wentzville
Population	5,750	45,734
Median age	36.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$114,420	$111,409
Median home value	$381,900	$302,700
Median gross rent	$1,693	$1,264
Housing units	2,228	15,919
Homeownership rate	78.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottleville	Wentzville
Population	5,200 → 5,750 (+10.6%)	38,841 → 45,734 (+17.7%)
Median household income	$108,036 → $114,420 (+5.9%)	$90,403 → $111,409 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $381,900 (+24.0%)	$228,400 → $302,700 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,693 (+36.4%)	$1,009 → $1,264 (+25.3%)

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

Wentzville

Population

38,84145,734

Median household income

$90,403$111,409

Median home value

$228,400$302,700

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottleville	Wentzville
Under 5	4.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	24.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	17.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.7%
75 and over	2.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottleville	Wentzville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottleville	Wentzville
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	19.1%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottleville	Wentzville
Drove alone	75.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	16.4%
Other means	4.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottleville	Wentzville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	5.9%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cottleville	Wentzville
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	2011	2007