Chesterfield vs University City

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

Chesterfield and University City 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 34,655 in University City). Chesterfield has the higher median household income ($133,380 vs $76,466 in University City). Chesterfield has the higher median home value ($458,000 vs $285,100 in University City).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	University City
Population	49,591	34,655
Median age	46.9 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$133,380	$76,466
Median home value	$458,000	$285,100
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,265
Housing units	21,724	17,827
Homeownership rate	78.4%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	University City
Population	47,605 → 49,591 (+4.2%)	34,498 → 34,655 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$113,315 → $133,380 (+17.7%)	$61,274 → $76,466 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$379,800 → $458,000 (+20.6%)	$273,500 → $285,100 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,553 (+29.4%)	$1,066 → $1,265 (+18.7%)

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

University City

Population

34,49834,655

Median household income

$61,274$76,466

Median home value

$273,500$285,100

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,265

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	University City
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	13.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.2%
75 and over	11.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	University City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	54.7%
Black or African American	3.3%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.4%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	University City
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	7.8%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.0%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	University City
Drove alone	70.7%	66.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	4.5%
Walked	1.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.2%	17.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	University City
1-unit, detached	63.8%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	8.4%
20 or more units	8.4%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	University City
Poverty rate	3.3%	13.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1982	1949