Hanley Hills vs Wellston

A side-by-side comparison of Hanley Hills and Wellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hanley Hills has the higher population (1,727 vs 1,690 in Wellston). Hanley Hills has the higher median household income ($50,388 vs $39,474 in Wellston). Since 2019, Hanley Hills's population has grown faster (-7.3% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
Population	1,727	1,690
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,388	$39,474
Median home value	$66,600	—
Median gross rent	$1,174	$1,053
Housing units	836	1,045
Homeownership rate	57.4%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
Population	1,863 → 1,727 (-7.3%)	1,932 → 1,690 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$37,135 → $50,388 (+35.7%)	$25,355 → $39,474 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $66,600 (+15.8%)	$38,000 → $34,000 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,174 (+18.6%)	$928 → $1,053 (+13.5%)

Hanley Hills

Population

1,8631,727

Median household income

$37,135$50,388

Median home value

$57,500$66,600

Median gross rent

$990$1,174

Wellston

Population

1,9321,690

Median household income

$25,355$39,474

Median home value

$38,000$34,000

Median gross rent

$928$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	6.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	14.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	24.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.2%
75 and over	4.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	4.0%
Black or African American	71.7%	91.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
No high school diploma	12.1%	11.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
Drove alone	74.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	3.4%
Public transit	10.8%	12.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
1-unit, detached	99.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Hanley Hills	Wellston
Poverty rate	16.3%	35.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1954	1952