Ballwin vs Mehlville

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

Ballwin and Mehlville 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 29,089 in Mehlville). Ballwin has the higher median household income ($121,170 vs $65,395 in Mehlville). Ballwin has the higher median home value ($353,400 vs $210,200 in Mehlville).

Population, income & housing

	Ballwin	Mehlville
Population	30,835	29,089
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$121,170	$65,395
Median home value	$353,400	$210,200
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,029
Housing units	12,429	13,771
Homeownership rate	83.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballwin	Mehlville
Population	30,252 → 30,835 (+1.9%)	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $121,170 (+22.7%)	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $353,400 (+34.9%)	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,386 (+21.8%)	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)

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

Mehlville

Population

27,97129,089

Median household income

$58,125$65,395

Median home value

$158,000$210,200

Median gross rent

$804$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballwin	Mehlville
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.7%
75 and over	7.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballwin	Mehlville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballwin	Mehlville
No high school diploma	1.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	10.9%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballwin	Mehlville
Drove alone	75.7%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballwin	Mehlville
1-unit, detached	81.0%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	21.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ballwin	Mehlville
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1976	1969