Bel-Ridge vs Castle Point

A side-by-side comparison of Bel-Ridge and Castle Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Bel-Ridge and Castle Point are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Castle Point has the higher population (2,792 vs 2,714 in Bel-Ridge). Bel-Ridge has the higher median household income ($39,878 vs $34,679 in Castle Point). Bel-Ridge has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $57,300 in Castle Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
Population	2,714	2,792
Median age	31.6 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,878	$34,679
Median home value	$88,900	$57,300
Median gross rent	$945	$1,129
Housing units	1,261	1,181
Homeownership rate	49.7%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
Population	2,703 → 2,714 (+0.4%)	2,820 → 2,792 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$32,448 → $39,878 (+22.9%)	$30,616 → $34,679 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $88,900 (+38.0%)	$47,600 → $57,300 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $945 (+12.4%)	$884 → $1,129 (+27.7%)

Bel-Ridge

Population

2,7032,714

Median household income

$32,448$39,878

Median home value

$64,400$88,900

Median gross rent

$841$945

Castle Point

Population

2,8202,792

Median household income

$30,616$34,679

Median home value

$47,600$57,300

Median gross rent

$884$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
Under 5	4.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	29.2%	31.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	11.9%
75 and over	3.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
White (non-Hispanic)	12.6%	4.3%
Black or African American	70.0%	89.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	11.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	35.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
Drove alone	77.9%	57.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	18.9%
Public transit	10.2%	11.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.7%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
1-unit, detached	75.7%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bel-Ridge	Castle Point
Poverty rate	16.9%	37.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1954	1958