Hazelwood vs Webster Groves

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

Hazelwood and Webster Groves 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 23,771 in Webster Groves). Webster Groves has the higher median household income ($110,716 vs $55,930 in Hazelwood). Webster Groves has the higher median home value ($371,400 vs $154,900 in Hazelwood).

Population, income & housing

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
Population	25,214	23,771
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,930	$110,716
Median home value	$154,900	$371,400
Median gross rent	$956	$1,628
Housing units	12,487	10,044
Homeownership rate	59.5%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
Population	25,319 → 25,214 (-0.4%)	22,951 → 23,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$54,573 → $55,930 (+2.5%)	$102,759 → $110,716 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $154,900 (+30.3%)	$296,800 → $371,400 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $956 (+8.1%)	$1,349 → $1,628 (+20.7%)

Hazelwood

Population

25,31925,214

Median household income

$54,573$55,930

Median home value

$118,900$154,900

Median gross rent

$884$956

Webster Groves

Population

22,95123,771

Median household income

$102,759$110,716

Median home value

$296,800$371,400

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	14.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.6%
75 and over	6.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	80.6%
Black or African American	39.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
No high school diploma	7.6%	1.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
Drove alone	74.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	21.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
1-unit, detached	60.5%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hazelwood	Webster Groves
Poverty rate	14.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1970	1951