Defiance vs Weldon Spring Heights

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

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

Weldon Spring Heights has the higher population (198 vs 80 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median household income ($199,519 vs $171,250 in Weldon Spring Heights). Since 2019, Weldon Spring Heights's population has grown faster (+100.0% vs -14.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
Population	80	198
Median age	59.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$199,519	$171,250
Median home value	—	$419,000
Housing units	39	52
Homeownership rate	76.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
Population	93 → 80 (-14.0%)	99 → 198 (+100.0%)
Median household income	$53,015 → $199,519 (+276.3%)	$116,250 → $171,250 (+47.3%)
Median home value	—	$353,800 → $419,000 (+18.4%)

Defiance

Population

9380

Median household income

$53,015$199,519

Weldon Spring Heights

Population

99198

Median household income

$116,250$171,250

Median home value

$353,800$419,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
Under 5	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	28.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.1%
35 to 44	23.8%	20.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	1.5%
55 to 64	53.8%	7.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.6%
75 and over	22.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
No high school diploma	12.5%	0.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
Drove alone	100.0%	82.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Weldon Spring Heights
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.5%
Average household size	2.05	3.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1998	1947