Flordell Hills vs Velda City

A side-by-side comparison of Flordell Hills and Velda City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Flordell Hills has the higher population (1,300 vs 1,231 in Velda City). Velda City has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $31,786 in Flordell Hills). Flordell Hills has the higher median home value ($53,200 vs $50,900 in Velda City).

Population, income & housing

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
Population	1,300	1,231
Median age	26.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$31,786	$43,125
Median home value	$53,200	$50,900
Median gross rent	$1,168	$1,187
Housing units	531	630
Homeownership rate	27.7%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	37.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
Population	861 → 1,300 (+51.0%)	1,404 → 1,231 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$28,092 → $31,786 (+13.1%)	$37,986 → $43,125 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $53,200 (-7.8%)	$56,900 → $50,900 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $1,168 (+21.9%)	$902 → $1,187 (+31.6%)

Flordell Hills

Population

8611,300

Median household income

$28,092$31,786

Median home value

$57,700$53,200

Median gross rent

$958$1,168

Velda City

Population

1,4041,231

Median household income

$37,986$43,125

Median home value

$56,900$50,900

Median gross rent

$902$1,187

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
Under 5	3.5%	10.3%
5 to 17	37.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	3.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.4%
75 and over	1.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	1.2%
Black or African American	92.4%	96.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	53.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
Drove alone	87.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	7.9%
Public transit	4.6%	6.5%
Walked	1.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
1-unit, detached	94.0%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Flordell Hills	Velda City
Poverty rate	47.3%	16.6%
Average household size	2.73	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1945	1946