Ballwin vs Florissant

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

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

Florissant has the higher population (51,915 vs 30,835 in Ballwin). Ballwin has the higher median household income ($121,170 vs $66,344 in Florissant). Ballwin has the higher median home value ($353,400 vs $136,200 in Florissant).

Population, income & housing

	Ballwin	Florissant
Population	30,835	51,915
Median age	42.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,170	$66,344
Median home value	$353,400	$136,200
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,259
Housing units	12,429	23,221
Homeownership rate	83.6%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballwin	Florissant
Population	30,252 → 30,835 (+1.9%)	51,455 → 51,915 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $121,170 (+22.7%)	$54,978 → $66,344 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $353,400 (+34.9%)	$97,600 → $136,200 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,386 (+21.8%)	$1,034 → $1,259 (+21.8%)

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

Florissant

Population

51,45551,915

Median household income

$54,978$66,344

Median home value

$97,600$136,200

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballwin	Florissant
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballwin	Florissant
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	47.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballwin	Florissant
No high school diploma	1.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	10.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballwin	Florissant
Drove alone	75.7%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.2%	2.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballwin	Florissant
1-unit, detached	81.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ballwin	Florissant
Poverty rate	5.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1976	1963