Berkeley vs Olivette

A side-by-side comparison of Berkeley and Olivette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Olivette has the higher population (8,539 vs 8,149 in Berkeley). Olivette has the higher median household income ($105,898 vs $40,654 in Berkeley). Olivette has the higher median home value ($450,100 vs $80,000 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Olivette
Population	8,149	8,539
Median age	28.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,654	$105,898
Median home value	$80,000	$450,100
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,515
Housing units	3,462	3,546
Homeownership rate	50.3%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	68.5%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Olivette
Population	8,927 → 8,149 (-8.7%)	7,849 → 8,539 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$33,185 → $40,654 (+22.5%)	$86,250 → $105,898 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $80,000 (+25.6%)	$338,100 → $450,100 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,075 (+8.3%)	$1,133 → $1,515 (+33.7%)

Berkeley

Population

8,9278,149

Median household income

$33,185$40,654

Median home value

$63,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$993$1,075

Olivette

Population

7,8498,539

Median household income

$86,250$105,898

Median home value

$338,100$450,100

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,515

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Olivette
Under 5	8.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	25.6%	21.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.3%
75 and over	4.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Olivette
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	52.6%
Black or African American	84.6%	20.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	20.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Olivette
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	39.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Olivette
Drove alone	58.3%	67.4%
Carpooled	20.1%	3.8%
Public transit	3.8%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.2%	23.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Olivette
1-unit, detached	86.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	14.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Olivette
Poverty rate	34.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1957	1961