Dardenne Prairie vs Weldon Spring

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

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

Dardenne Prairie has the higher population (13,137 vs 5,291 in Weldon Spring). Dardenne Prairie has the higher median household income ($155,585 vs $155,081 in Weldon Spring). Weldon Spring has the higher median home value ($523,300 vs $392,300 in Dardenne Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
Population	13,137	5,291
Median age	42.7 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$155,585	$155,081
Median home value	$392,300	$523,300
Median gross rent	$1,359	$2,692
Housing units	4,553	2,213
Homeownership rate	93.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.5%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
Population	13,293 → 13,137 (-1.2%)	5,531 → 5,291 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$132,192 → $155,585 (+17.7%)	$107,875 → $155,081 (+43.8%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $392,300 (+30.1%)	$397,300 → $523,300 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,174 → $1,359 (+15.8%)	$1,833 → $2,692 (+46.9%)

Dardenne Prairie

Population

13,29313,137

Median household income

$132,192$155,585

Median home value

$301,500$392,300

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,359

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)

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
Under 5	4.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	2.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	20.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	14.4%
75 and over	5.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	92.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	18.4%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
Drove alone	74.5%	64.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	30.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
1-unit, detached	86.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dardenne Prairie	Weldon Spring
Poverty rate	1.3%	0.3%
Average household size	2.92	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	2004	1993