Ballwin vs Oakville

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

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

Oakville has the higher population (35,166 vs 30,835 in Ballwin). Ballwin has the higher median household income ($121,170 vs $103,125 in Oakville). Ballwin has the higher median home value ($353,400 vs $292,500 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Ballwin	Oakville
Population	30,835	35,166
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,170	$103,125
Median home value	$353,400	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,083
Housing units	12,429	14,280
Homeownership rate	83.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballwin	Oakville
Population	30,252 → 30,835 (+1.9%)	36,407 → 35,166 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $121,170 (+22.7%)	$85,972 → $103,125 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $353,400 (+34.9%)	$234,800 → $292,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,386 (+21.8%)	$907 → $1,083 (+19.4%)

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

Oakville

Population

36,40735,166

Median household income

$85,972$103,125

Median home value

$234,800$292,500

Median gross rent

$907$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballwin	Oakville
Under 5	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.8%
75 and over	7.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballwin	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	88.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballwin	Oakville
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	10.9%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballwin	Oakville
Drove alone	75.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	19.2%	16.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballwin	Oakville
1-unit, detached	81.0%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ballwin	Oakville
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1976	1982