Hazelwood vs Mehlville

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

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

Mehlville has the higher population (29,089 vs 25,214 in Hazelwood). Mehlville has the higher median household income ($65,395 vs $55,930 in Hazelwood). Mehlville has the higher median home value ($210,200 vs $154,900 in Hazelwood).

Population, income & housing

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
Population	25,214	29,089
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,930	$65,395
Median home value	$154,900	$210,200
Median gross rent	$956	$1,029
Housing units	12,487	13,771
Homeownership rate	59.5%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
Population	25,319 → 25,214 (-0.4%)	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$54,573 → $55,930 (+2.5%)	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $154,900 (+30.3%)	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $956 (+8.1%)	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)

Hazelwood

Population

25,31925,214

Median household income

$54,573$55,930

Median home value

$118,900$154,900

Median gross rent

$884$956

Mehlville

Population

27,97129,089

Median household income

$58,125$65,395

Median home value

$158,000$210,200

Median gross rent

$804$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
Under 5	5.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.1%
18 to 24	14.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.7%
75 and over	6.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	87.1%
Black or African American	39.4%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.7%
High school graduate	31.7%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
Drove alone	74.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
1-unit, detached	60.5%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	21.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hazelwood	Mehlville
Poverty rate	14.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1970	1969