Cool Valley vs Velda City

A side-by-side comparison of Cool Valley and Velda City: population, income, housing, and more.

Cool Valley and Velda City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cool Valley has the higher population (1,319 vs 1,231 in Velda City). Cool Valley has the higher median household income ($50,417 vs $43,125 in Velda City). Cool Valley has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $50,900 in Velda City).

Population, income & housing

	Cool Valley	Velda City
Population	1,319	1,231
Median age	27.3 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,417	$43,125
Median home value	$94,700	$50,900
Median gross rent	$932	$1,187
Housing units	451	630
Homeownership rate	70.2%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cool Valley	Velda City
Population	1,152 → 1,319 (+14.5%)	1,404 → 1,231 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$51,354 → $50,417 (-1.8%)	$37,986 → $43,125 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $94,700 (+38.2%)	$56,900 → $50,900 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $932 (-19.2%)	$902 → $1,187 (+31.6%)

Cool Valley

Population

1,1521,319

Median household income

$51,354$50,417

Median home value

$68,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$1,153$932

Velda City

Population

1,4041,231

Median household income

$37,986$43,125

Median home value

$56,900$50,900

Median gross rent

$902$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cool Valley	Velda City
Under 5	9.1%	10.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	12.7%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	7.4%
75 and over	5.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cool Valley	Velda City
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	1.2%
Black or African American	88.9%	96.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cool Valley	Velda City
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cool Valley	Velda City
Drove alone	71.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.9%
Public transit	3.0%	6.5%
Walked	0.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	3.4%
Other means	12.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cool Valley	Velda City
1-unit, detached	97.8%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cool Valley	Velda City
Poverty rate	26.7%	16.6%
Average household size	3.03	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1954	1946