Chesterfield vs Oakville

A side-by-side comparison of Chesterfield and Oakville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesterfield has the higher population (49,591 vs 35,166 in Oakville). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($133,380 vs $103,125 in Oakville). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($458,000 vs $292,500 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Oakville
Population	49,591	35,166
Median age	46.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$133,380	$103,125
Median home value	$458,000	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,083
Housing units	21,724	14,280
Homeownership rate	78.4%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Oakville
Population	47,605 → 49,591 (+4.2%)	36,407 → 35,166 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$113,315 → $133,380 (+17.7%)	$85,972 → $103,125 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$379,800 → $458,000 (+20.6%)	$234,800 → $292,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,553 (+29.4%)	$907 → $1,083 (+19.4%)

Chesterfield

Population

47,60549,591

Median household income

$113,315$133,380

Median home value

$379,800$458,000

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,553

Oakville

Population

36,40735,166

Median household income

$85,972$103,125

Median home value

$234,800$292,500

Median gross rent

$907$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Oakville
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.8%
75 and over	11.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Oakville
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	7.8%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Oakville
Drove alone	70.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	24.2%	16.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Oakville
1-unit, detached	63.8%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	8.4%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Oakville
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1982	1982