Ballwin vs Maryland Heights

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

Ballwin and Maryland Heights 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 27,981 in Maryland Heights). Ballwin has the higher median household income ($121,170 vs $86,485 in Maryland Heights). Ballwin has the higher median home value ($353,400 vs $215,300 in Maryland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
Population	30,835	27,981
Median age	42.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$121,170	$86,485
Median home value	$353,400	$215,300
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,217
Housing units	12,429	13,222
Homeownership rate	83.6%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
Population	30,252 → 30,835 (+1.9%)	27,080 → 27,981 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $121,170 (+22.7%)	$66,686 → $86,485 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $353,400 (+34.9%)	$158,800 → $215,300 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,386 (+21.8%)	$1,043 → $1,217 (+16.7%)

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

Maryland Heights

Population

27,08027,981

Median household income

$66,686$86,485

Median home value

$158,800$215,300

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
Under 5	6.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	21.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	7.9%
75 and over	7.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	57.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	19.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	10.9%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
Drove alone	75.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.2%	19.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
1-unit, detached	81.0%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	29.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ballwin	Maryland Heights
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1976	1974