Crestwood vs Jennings

A side-by-side comparison of Crestwood and Jennings: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jennings has the higher population (12,900 vs 12,298 in Crestwood). Crestwood has the higher median household income ($115,512 vs $37,356 in Jennings). Crestwood has the higher median home value ($291,400 vs $62,300 in Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Crestwood	Jennings
Population	12,298	12,900
Median age	42.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$115,512	$37,356
Median home value	$291,400	$62,300
Median gross rent	$1,048	$944
Housing units	5,129	7,221
Homeownership rate	89.1%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestwood	Jennings
Population	11,865 → 12,298 (+3.6%)	14,712 → 12,900 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$84,714 → $115,512 (+36.4%)	$33,425 → $37,356 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$208,600 → $291,400 (+39.7%)	$64,800 → $62,300 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,048 (+10.1%)	$853 → $944 (+10.7%)

Crestwood

Population

11,86512,298

Median household income

$84,714$115,512

Median home value

$208,600$291,400

Median gross rent

$952$1,048

Jennings

Population

14,71212,900

Median household income

$33,425$37,356

Median home value

$64,800$62,300

Median gross rent

$853$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestwood	Jennings
Under 5	5.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.4%
75 and over	8.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestwood	Jennings
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	4.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	91.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestwood	Jennings
No high school diploma	2.2%	19.4%
High school graduate	17.5%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestwood	Jennings
Drove alone	72.8%	65.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	13.5%
Walked	0.2%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	4.5%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestwood	Jennings
1-unit, detached	89.1%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.1%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crestwood	Jennings
Poverty rate	4.3%	24.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1960	1954