Hazelwood vs Maryland Heights

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

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

Maryland Heights has the higher population (27,981 vs 25,214 in Hazelwood). Maryland Heights has the higher median household income ($86,485 vs $55,930 in Hazelwood). Maryland Heights has the higher median home value ($215,300 vs $154,900 in Hazelwood).

Population, income & housing

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
Population	25,214	27,981
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,930	$86,485
Median home value	$154,900	$215,300
Median gross rent	$956	$1,217
Housing units	12,487	13,222
Homeownership rate	59.5%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
Population	25,319 → 25,214 (-0.4%)	27,080 → 27,981 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$54,573 → $55,930 (+2.5%)	$66,686 → $86,485 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $154,900 (+30.3%)	$158,800 → $215,300 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $956 (+8.1%)	$1,043 → $1,217 (+16.7%)

Hazelwood

Population

25,31925,214

Median household income

$54,573$55,930

Median home value

$118,900$154,900

Median gross rent

$884$956

Maryland Heights

Population

27,08027,981

Median household income

$66,686$86,485

Median home value

$158,800$215,300

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	14.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	21.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.9%
75 and over	6.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	57.3%
Black or African American	39.4%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	19.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
Drove alone	74.6%	69.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.4%	19.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
1-unit, detached	60.5%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	29.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hazelwood	Maryland Heights
Poverty rate	14.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1970	1974