Ballwin vs Kirkwood

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

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

Ballwin has the higher population (30,835 vs 29,302 in Kirkwood). Ballwin has the higher median household income ($121,170 vs $117,439 in Kirkwood). Kirkwood has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $353,400 in Ballwin).

Population, income & housing

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
Population	30,835	29,302
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,170	$117,439
Median home value	$353,400	$421,500
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,293
Housing units	12,429	12,936
Homeownership rate	83.6%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
Population	30,252 → 30,835 (+1.9%)	27,708 → 29,302 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $121,170 (+22.7%)	$90,730 → $117,439 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $353,400 (+34.9%)	$315,000 → $421,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,386 (+21.8%)	$1,074 → $1,293 (+20.4%)

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

Kirkwood

Population

27,70829,302

Median household income

$90,730$117,439

Median home value

$315,000$421,500

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.7%
75 and over	7.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	81.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	10.9%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	30.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
Drove alone	75.7%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.2%	21.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
1-unit, detached	81.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	11.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ballwin	Kirkwood
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1976	1963