Des Peres vs Ellisville

A side-by-side comparison of Des Peres and Ellisville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellisville has the higher population (9,908 vs 9,145 in Des Peres). Des Peres has the higher median household income ($214,167 vs $105,276 in Ellisville). Des Peres has the higher median home value ($591,800 vs $347,300 in Ellisville).

Population, income & housing

	Des Peres	Ellisville
Population	9,145	9,908
Median age	42.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$214,167	$105,276
Median home value	$591,800	$347,300
Median gross rent	$1,931	$1,535
Housing units	3,311	4,129
Homeownership rate	96.3%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Peres	Ellisville
Population	8,619 → 9,145 (+6.1%)	9,661 → 9,908 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$150,800 → $214,167 (+42.0%)	$79,563 → $105,276 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$449,800 → $591,800 (+31.6%)	$250,700 → $347,300 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,931 (+3.3%)	$1,130 → $1,535 (+35.8%)

Des Peres

Population

8,6199,145

Median household income

$150,800$214,167

Median home value

$449,800$591,800

Median gross rent

$1,870$1,931

Ellisville

Population

9,6619,908

Median household income

$79,563$105,276

Median home value

$250,700$347,300

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Peres	Ellisville
Under 5	5.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	16.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.3%
75 and over	8.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Peres	Ellisville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Peres	Ellisville
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	5.8%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	44.3%	36.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.2%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Peres	Ellisville
Drove alone	76.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Peres	Ellisville
1-unit, detached	98.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.6%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Des Peres	Ellisville
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1975	1983