Ballwin vs Wildwood

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

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

Wildwood has the higher population (35,168 vs 30,835 in Ballwin). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($157,750 vs $121,170 in Ballwin). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $353,400 in Ballwin).

Population, income & housing

	Ballwin	Wildwood
Population	30,835	35,168
Median age	42.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,170	$157,750
Median home value	$353,400	$472,800
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,575
Housing units	12,429	13,380
Homeownership rate	83.6%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ballwin	Wildwood
Population	30,252 → 30,835 (+1.9%)	35,459 → 35,168 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $121,170 (+22.7%)	$135,202 → $157,750 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$261,900 → $353,400 (+34.9%)	$378,000 → $472,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,386 (+21.8%)	$1,210 → $1,575 (+30.2%)

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

Wildwood

Population

35,45935,168

Median household income

$135,202$157,750

Median home value

$378,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ballwin	Wildwood
Under 5	6.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.5%
75 and over	7.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ballwin	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	82.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ballwin	Wildwood
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	10.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ballwin	Wildwood
Drove alone	75.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	22.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ballwin	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	81.0%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	4.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ballwin	Wildwood
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1976	1992