Leadwood vs Park Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Leadwood and Park Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Hills has the higher population (8,667 vs 1,524 in Leadwood). Park Hills has the higher median household income ($51,303 vs $44,167 in Leadwood). Park Hills has the higher median home value ($121,100 vs $64,000 in Leadwood).

Population, income & housing

	Leadwood	Park Hills
Population	1,524	8,667
Median age	31.5 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$51,303
Median home value	$64,000	$121,100
Median gross rent	$802	$737
Housing units	616	4,022
Homeownership rate	68.4%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leadwood	Park Hills
Population	1,443 → 1,524 (+5.6%)	8,544 → 8,667 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$37,241 → $44,167 (+18.6%)	$35,825 → $51,303 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $64,000 (+25.5%)	$73,200 → $121,100 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $802 (+4.7%)	$714 → $737 (+3.2%)

Leadwood

Population

1,4431,524

Median household income

$37,241$44,167

Median home value

$51,000$64,000

Median gross rent

$766$802

Park Hills

Population

8,5448,667

Median household income

$35,825$51,303

Median home value

$73,200$121,100

Median gross rent

$714$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leadwood	Park Hills
Under 5	11.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.8%
18 to 24	15.8%	12.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	4.9%	6.8%
75 and over	2.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leadwood	Park Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leadwood	Park Hills
No high school diploma	19.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leadwood	Park Hills
Drove alone	80.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	16.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.6%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leadwood	Park Hills
1-unit, detached	89.8%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Leadwood	Park Hills
Poverty rate	40.2%	14.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1940	1967