Ballwin vs Chesterfield

A side-by-side comparison of Ballwin and Chesterfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesterfield has the higher population (49,591 vs 30,835 in Ballwin). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($133,380 vs $121,170 in Ballwin). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($458,000 vs $353,400 in Ballwin).

Population, income & housing

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
Population	30,835	49,591
Median age	42.3 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$121,170	$133,380
Median home value	$353,400	$458,000
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,553
Housing units	12,429	21,724
Homeownership rate	83.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
Population	30,252 → 30,835 (+1.9%)	47,605 → 49,591 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $121,170 (+22.7%)	$113,315 → $133,380 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $353,400 (+34.9%)	$379,800 → $458,000 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,386 (+21.8%)	$1,200 → $1,553 (+29.4%)

Ballwin

Population

30,25230,835

Median household income

$98,750$121,170

Median home value

$261,900$353,400

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,386

Chesterfield

Population

47,60549,591

Median household income

$113,315$133,380

Median home value

$379,800$458,000

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
Under 5	6.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.3%
75 and over	7.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	73.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.5%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	10.9%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	36.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
Drove alone	75.7%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.2%	24.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
1-unit, detached	81.0%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	11.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ballwin	Chesterfield
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1976	1982