Ellisville vs Sunset Hills

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

Ellisville and Sunset Hills 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 9,113 in Sunset Hills). Sunset Hills has the higher median household income ($133,895 vs $105,276 in Ellisville). Sunset Hills has the higher median home value ($522,300 vs $347,300 in Ellisville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
Population	9,908	9,113
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$105,276	$133,895
Median home value	$347,300	$522,300
Median gross rent	$1,535	$3,454
Housing units	4,129	3,829
Homeownership rate	73.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
Population	9,661 → 9,908 (+2.6%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$79,563 → $105,276 (+32.3%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$250,700 → $347,300 (+38.5%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,535 (+35.8%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

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

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)

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
Under 5	7.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	4.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.7%
75 and over	13.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	13.7%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	73.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	15.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	61.3%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	14.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellisville	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1983	1978