Berkeley vs Sunset Hills

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

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

Sunset Hills has the higher population (9,113 vs 8,149 in Berkeley). Sunset Hills has the higher median household income ($133,895 vs $40,654 in Berkeley). Sunset Hills has the higher median home value ($522,300 vs $80,000 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
Population	8,149	9,113
Median age	28.4 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,654	$133,895
Median home value	$80,000	$522,300
Median gross rent	$1,075	$3,454
Housing units	3,462	3,829
Homeownership rate	50.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
Population	8,927 → 8,149 (-8.7%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$33,185 → $40,654 (+22.5%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$63,700 → $80,000 (+25.6%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,075 (+8.3%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

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

Sunset Hills

Population

8,4729,113

Median household income

$106,094$133,895

Median home value

$392,200$522,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$3,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
Under 5	8.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	25.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	13.7%
75 and over	4.9%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	84.6%	1.1%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	58.3%	78.4%
Carpooled	20.1%	4.6%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	86.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	34.1%	2.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1957	1978