Flint Hill vs West Alton

A side-by-side comparison of Flint Hill and West Alton: population, income, housing, and more.

Flint Hill and West Alton are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Flint Hill has the higher population (980 vs 511 in West Alton). West Alton has the higher median household income ($128,438 vs $79,688 in Flint Hill). Flint Hill has the higher median home value ($379,800 vs $156,300 in West Alton).

Population, income & housing

	Flint Hill	West Alton
Population	980	511
Median age	46.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,688	$128,438
Median home value	$379,800	$156,300
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,313
Housing units	422	223
Homeownership rate	73.3%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flint Hill	West Alton
Population	946 → 980 (+3.6%)	388 → 511 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$83,922 → $79,688 (-5.0%)	$41,563 → $128,438 (+209.0%)
Median home value	$276,600 → $379,800 (+37.3%)	$104,700 → $156,300 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,124 (+15.3%)	$505 → $1,313 (+160.0%)

Flint Hill

Population

946980

Median household income

$83,922$79,688

Median home value

$276,600$379,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,124

West Alton

Population

388511

Median household income

$41,563$128,438

Median home value

$104,700$156,300

Median gross rent

$505$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flint Hill	West Alton
Under 5	4.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	26.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	21.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.8%
75 and over	6.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flint Hill	West Alton
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	19.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flint Hill	West Alton
No high school diploma	13.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	26.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flint Hill	West Alton
Drove alone	81.1%	89.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flint Hill	West Alton
1-unit, detached	97.4%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Flint Hill	West Alton
Poverty rate	3.5%	1.8%
Average household size	2.41	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1996	1963