Des Peres vs Sunset Hills

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

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

Des Peres has the higher population (9,145 vs 9,113 in Sunset Hills). Des Peres has the higher median household income ($214,167 vs $133,895 in Sunset Hills). Des Peres has the higher median home value ($591,800 vs $522,300 in Sunset Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
Population	9,145	9,113
Median age	42.8 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$214,167	$133,895
Median home value	$591,800	$522,300
Median gross rent	$1,931	$3,454
Housing units	3,311	3,829
Homeownership rate	96.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.5%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
Population	8,619 → 9,145 (+6.1%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$150,800 → $214,167 (+42.0%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$449,800 → $591,800 (+31.6%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,870 → $1,931 (+3.3%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

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

Sunset Hills

Population

8,4729,113

Median household income

$106,094$133,895

Median home value

$392,200$522,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$3,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
Under 5	5.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.7%
75 and over	8.6%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	5.8%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	44.3%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	36.2%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	76.9%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	98.4%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.6%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Des Peres	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	2.2%	2.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1975	1978