Hazelwood vs Kirkwood

A side-by-side comparison of Hazelwood and Kirkwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kirkwood has the higher population (29,302 vs 25,214 in Hazelwood). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($117,439 vs $55,930 in Hazelwood). Kirkwood has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $154,900 in Hazelwood).

Population, income & housing

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
Population	25,214	29,302
Median age	38.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,930	$117,439
Median home value	$154,900	$421,500
Median gross rent	$956	$1,293
Housing units	12,487	12,936
Homeownership rate	59.5%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
Population	25,319 → 25,214 (-0.4%)	27,708 → 29,302 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$54,573 → $55,930 (+2.5%)	$90,730 → $117,439 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $154,900 (+30.3%)	$315,000 → $421,500 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $956 (+8.1%)	$1,074 → $1,293 (+20.4%)

Hazelwood

Population

25,31925,214

Median household income

$54,573$55,930

Median home value

$118,900$154,900

Median gross rent

$884$956

Kirkwood

Population

27,70829,302

Median household income

$90,730$117,439

Median home value

$315,000$421,500

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	14.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.7%
75 and over	6.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	39.4%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	30.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
Drove alone	74.6%	70.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.9%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.4%	21.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
1-unit, detached	60.5%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	11.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hazelwood	Kirkwood
Poverty rate	14.1%	5.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1970	1963