New Melle vs Weldon Spring Heights

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

New Melle 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.

New Melle has the higher population (510 vs 198 in Weldon Spring Heights). Weldon Spring Heights has the higher median household income ($171,250 vs $103,750 in New Melle). Weldon Spring Heights has the higher median home value ($419,000 vs $407,100 in New Melle).

Population, income & housing

	New Melle	Weldon Spring Heights
Population	510	198
Median age	54.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$171,250
Median home value	$407,100	$419,000
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	216	52
Homeownership rate	91.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Melle	Weldon Spring Heights
Population	508 → 510 (+0.4%)	99 → 198 (+100.0%)
Median household income	$88,750 → $103,750 (+16.9%)	$116,250 → $171,250 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$303,100 → $407,100 (+34.3%)	$353,800 → $419,000 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,125 → $775 (-31.1%)	—

New Melle

Population

508510

Median household income

$88,750$103,750

Median home value

$303,100$407,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$775

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)

	New Melle	Weldon Spring Heights
Under 5	1.4%	13.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	28.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	20.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	1.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	7.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.6%
75 and over	20.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Melle	Weldon Spring Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Melle	Weldon Spring Heights
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.9%
High school graduate	21.6%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	37.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Melle	Weldon Spring Heights
Drove alone	86.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Melle	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

	New Melle	Weldon Spring Heights
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.5%
Average household size	2.36	3.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	2001	1947