Bellefontaine Neighbors vs Des Peres

A side-by-side comparison of Bellefontaine Neighbors and Des Peres: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellefontaine Neighbors and Des Peres are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellefontaine Neighbors has the higher population (10,562 vs 9,145 in Des Peres). Des Peres has the higher median household income ($214,167 vs $48,354 in Bellefontaine Neighbors). Des Peres has the higher median home value ($591,800 vs $92,500 in Bellefontaine Neighbors).

Population, income & housing

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
Population	10,562	9,145
Median age	44.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,354	$214,167
Median home value	$92,500	$591,800
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,931
Housing units	4,992	3,311
Homeownership rate	57.4%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	80.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
Population	10,517 → 10,562 (+0.4%)	8,619 → 9,145 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$46,163 → $48,354 (+4.7%)	$150,800 → $214,167 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$63,400 → $92,500 (+45.9%)	$449,800 → $591,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,086 (+7.1%)	$1,870 → $1,931 (+3.3%)

Bellefontaine Neighbors

Population

10,51710,562

Median household income

$46,163$48,354

Median home value

$63,400$92,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,086

Des Peres

Population

8,6199,145

Median household income

$150,800$214,167

Median home value

$449,800$591,800

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
Under 5	7.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	13.8%
75 and over	8.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
White (non-Hispanic)	14.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	82.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
No high school diploma	9.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	44.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	36.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
Drove alone	65.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.5%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
1-unit, detached	89.5%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellefontaine Neighbors	Des Peres
Poverty rate	22.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1958	1975