Chesterfield vs Wildwood

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

Chesterfield and Wildwood 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 35,168 in Wildwood). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($157,750 vs $133,380 in Chesterfield). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $458,000 in Chesterfield).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
Population	49,591	35,168
Median age	46.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$133,380	$157,750
Median home value	$458,000	$472,800
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,575
Housing units	21,724	13,380
Homeownership rate	78.4%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
Population	47,605 → 49,591 (+4.2%)	35,459 → 35,168 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$113,315 → $133,380 (+17.7%)	$135,202 → $157,750 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$379,800 → $458,000 (+20.6%)	$378,000 → $472,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,553 (+29.4%)	$1,210 → $1,575 (+30.2%)

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

Wildwood

Population

35,45935,168

Median household income

$135,202$157,750

Median home value

$378,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
Under 5	4.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.5%
75 and over	11.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.4%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
No high school diploma	2.0%	1.6%
High school graduate	7.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	36.0%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
Drove alone	70.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.2%	22.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	63.8%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Chesterfield	Wildwood
Poverty rate	3.3%	3.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1982	1992