Bridgeton vs Ellisville

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

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

Bridgeton has the higher population (11,372 vs 9,908 in Ellisville). Ellisville has the higher median household income ($105,276 vs $73,320 in Bridgeton). Ellisville has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $234,100 in Bridgeton).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
Population	11,372	9,908
Median age	42.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,320	$105,276
Median home value	$234,100	$347,300
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,535
Housing units	5,008	4,129
Homeownership rate	63.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
Population	11,606 → 11,372 (-2.0%)	9,661 → 9,908 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$59,940 → $73,320 (+22.3%)	$79,563 → $105,276 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$168,700 → $234,100 (+38.8%)	$250,700 → $347,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,124 (+13.4%)	$1,130 → $1,535 (+35.8%)

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

Ellisville

Population

9,6619,908

Median household income

$79,563$105,276

Median home value

$250,700$347,300

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
Under 5	5.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.3%
75 and over	9.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	81.3%
Black or African American	23.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
No high school diploma	9.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
Drove alone	82.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	19.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
1-unit, detached	55.2%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	29.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	6.6%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeton	Ellisville
Poverty rate	12.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1976	1983