Berkeley vs Sappington

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

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

Berkeley has the higher population (8,149 vs 6,882 in Sappington). Sappington has the higher median household income ($72,213 vs $40,654 in Berkeley). Sappington has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $80,000 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Sappington
Population	8,149	6,882
Median age	28.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,654	$72,213
Median home value	$80,000	$284,700
Median gross rent	$1,075	$1,188
Housing units	3,462	3,314
Homeownership rate	50.3%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Sappington
Population	8,927 → 8,149 (-8.7%)	7,484 → 6,882 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$33,185 → $40,654 (+22.5%)	$60,743 → $72,213 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $80,000 (+25.6%)	$211,800 → $284,700 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,075 (+8.3%)	$863 → $1,188 (+37.7%)

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

Sappington

Population

7,4846,882

Median household income

$60,743$72,213

Median home value

$211,800$284,700

Median gross rent

$863$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Sappington
Under 5	8.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	13.0%
75 and over	4.9%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Sappington
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	92.1%
Black or African American	84.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Sappington
No high school diploma	14.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Sappington
Drove alone	58.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	20.1%	1.5%
Public transit	3.8%	1.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Sappington
1-unit, detached	86.9%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	20.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Sappington
Poverty rate	34.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1957	1967