Hazelwood vs Old Jamestown

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

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

Hazelwood has the higher population (25,214 vs 21,121 in Old Jamestown). Old Jamestown has the higher median household income ($107,250 vs $55,930 in Hazelwood). Old Jamestown has the higher median home value ($230,100 vs $154,900 in Hazelwood).

Population, income & housing

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
Population	25,214	21,121
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,930	$107,250
Median home value	$154,900	$230,100
Median gross rent	$956	$1,706
Housing units	12,487	7,232
Homeownership rate	59.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
Population	25,319 → 25,214 (-0.4%)	19,777 → 21,121 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$54,573 → $55,930 (+2.5%)	$88,904 → $107,250 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $154,900 (+30.3%)	$176,800 → $230,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $956 (+8.1%)	$1,432 → $1,706 (+19.1%)

Hazelwood

Population

25,31925,214

Median household income

$54,573$55,930

Median home value

$118,900$154,900

Median gross rent

$884$956

Old Jamestown

Population

19,77721,121

Median household income

$88,904$107,250

Median home value

$176,800$230,100

Median gross rent

$1,432$1,706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
Under 5	5.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	14.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.0%
75 and over	6.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	20.5%
Black or African American	39.4%	66.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
Drove alone	74.6%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.4%	20.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
1-unit, detached	60.5%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hazelwood	Old Jamestown
Poverty rate	14.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.20	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1970	1985