Breckenridge Hills vs Dellwood

A side-by-side comparison of Breckenridge Hills and Dellwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dellwood has the higher population (4,869 vs 4,413 in Breckenridge Hills). Dellwood has the higher median household income ($71,171 vs $44,800 in Breckenridge Hills). Breckenridge Hills has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $79,800 in Dellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
Population	4,413	4,869
Median age	36.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,800	$71,171
Median home value	$92,700	$79,800
Median gross rent	$1,110	$1,116
Housing units	2,286	2,231
Homeownership rate	57.2%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
Population	4,616 → 4,413 (-4.4%)	5,013 → 4,869 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$47,077 → $44,800 (-4.8%)	$47,959 → $71,171 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $92,700 (+17.9%)	$71,800 → $79,800 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,110 (+21.2%)	$1,154 → $1,116 (-3.3%)

Breckenridge Hills

Population

4,6164,413

Median household income

$47,077$44,800

Median home value

$78,600$92,700

Median gross rent

$916$1,110

Dellwood

Population

5,0134,869

Median household income

$47,959$71,171

Median home value

$71,800$79,800

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
Under 5	7.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	19.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.8%
75 and over	2.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
White (non-Hispanic)	44.8%	11.7%
Black or African American	24.7%	83.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
No high school diploma	13.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	46.2%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
Drove alone	65.2%	71.4%
Carpooled	21.7%	8.3%
Public transit	8.8%	4.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
1-unit, detached	78.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Breckenridge Hills	Dellwood
Poverty rate	26.8%	19.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1953	1959