Bridgeton vs Crestwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeton and Crestwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crestwood has the higher population (12,298 vs 11,372 in Bridgeton). Crestwood has the higher median household income ($115,512 vs $73,320 in Bridgeton). Crestwood has the higher median home value ($291,400 vs $234,100 in Bridgeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
Population	11,372	12,298
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,320	$115,512
Median home value	$234,100	$291,400
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,048
Housing units	5,008	5,129
Homeownership rate	63.3%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
Population	11,606 → 11,372 (-2.0%)	11,865 → 12,298 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$59,940 → $73,320 (+22.3%)	$84,714 → $115,512 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$168,700 → $234,100 (+38.8%)	$208,600 → $291,400 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,124 (+13.4%)	$952 → $1,048 (+10.1%)

Bridgeton

Population

11,60611,372

Median household income

$59,940$73,320

Median home value

$168,700$234,100

Median gross rent

$991$1,124

Crestwood

Population

11,86512,298

Median household income

$84,714$115,512

Median home value

$208,600$291,400

Median gross rent

$952$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.8%
75 and over	9.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	92.2%
Black or African American	23.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
Drove alone	82.6%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	19.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
1-unit, detached	55.2%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	29.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Crestwood
Poverty rate	12.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1976	1960