Des Peres vs Richmond Heights

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

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

Richmond Heights has the higher population (9,179 vs 9,145 in Des Peres). Des Peres has the higher median household income ($214,167 vs $90,670 in Richmond Heights). Des Peres has the higher median home value ($591,800 vs $345,400 in Richmond Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
Population	9,145	9,179
Median age	42.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$214,167	$90,670
Median home value	$591,800	$345,400
Median gross rent	$1,931	$1,447
Housing units	3,311	4,695
Homeownership rate	96.3%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
Population	8,619 → 9,145 (+6.1%)	8,500 → 9,179 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$150,800 → $214,167 (+42.0%)	$82,261 → $90,670 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$449,800 → $591,800 (+31.6%)	$253,700 → $345,400 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,931 (+3.3%)	$1,035 → $1,447 (+39.8%)

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

Richmond Heights

Population

8,5009,179

Median household income

$82,261$90,670

Median home value

$253,700$345,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
Under 5	5.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	22.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	18.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.8%	7.2%
75 and over	8.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
No high school diploma	2.6%	0.6%
High school graduate	5.8%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.3%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.2%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
Drove alone	76.9%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
1-unit, detached	98.4%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	1.6%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Des Peres	Richmond Heights
Poverty rate	2.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1975	1947