Ellisville vs Richmond Heights

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

Ellisville and Richmond Heights 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 9,179 in Richmond Heights). Ellisville has the higher median household income ($105,276 vs $90,670 in Richmond Heights). Ellisville has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $345,400 in Richmond Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
Population	9,908	9,179
Median age	44.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,276	$90,670
Median home value	$347,300	$345,400
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,447
Housing units	4,129	4,695
Homeownership rate	73.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	76.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
Population	9,661 → 9,908 (+2.6%)	8,500 → 9,179 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$79,563 → $105,276 (+32.3%)	$82,261 → $90,670 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$250,700 → $347,300 (+38.5%)	$253,700 → $345,400 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,535 (+35.8%)	$1,035 → $1,447 (+39.8%)

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

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)

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	22.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	18.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.2%
75 and over	13.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
No high school diploma	2.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	13.7%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	36.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
Drove alone	73.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.1%
Public transit	0.1%	1.9%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	18.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
1-unit, detached	61.3%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	10.1%
20 or more units	14.0%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellisville	Richmond Heights
Poverty rate	3.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1983	1947