Dellwood vs Fenton

A side-by-side comparison of Dellwood and Fenton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dellwood has the higher population (4,869 vs 4,087 in Fenton). Fenton has the higher median household income ($97,991 vs $71,171 in Dellwood). Fenton has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $79,800 in Dellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Dellwood	Fenton
Population	4,869	4,087
Median age	42.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,171	$97,991
Median home value	$79,800	$362,800
Median gross rent	$1,116	$1,581
Housing units	2,231	1,629
Homeownership rate	58.2%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	46.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dellwood	Fenton
Population	5,013 → 4,869 (-2.9%)	4,025 → 4,087 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$47,959 → $71,171 (+48.4%)	$96,679 → $97,991 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $79,800 (+11.1%)	$269,000 → $362,800 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,154 → $1,116 (-3.3%)	$1,218 → $1,581 (+29.8%)

Dellwood

Population

5,0134,869

Median household income

$47,959$71,171

Median home value

$71,800$79,800

Median gross rent

$1,154$1,116

Fenton

Population

4,0254,087

Median household income

$96,679$97,991

Median home value

$269,000$362,800

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dellwood	Fenton
Under 5	1.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.3%
75 and over	6.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dellwood	Fenton
White (non-Hispanic)	11.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	83.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dellwood	Fenton
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dellwood	Fenton
Drove alone	71.4%	79.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.7%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dellwood	Fenton
1-unit, detached	93.3%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	5.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dellwood	Fenton
Poverty rate	19.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1959	1988