Kirkwood vs Maryland Heights

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

Kirkwood and Maryland Heights 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 27,981 in Maryland Heights). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($117,439 vs $86,485 in Maryland Heights). Kirkwood has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $215,300 in Maryland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
Population	29,302	27,981
Median age	42.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$117,439	$86,485
Median home value	$421,500	$215,300
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,217
Housing units	12,936	13,222
Homeownership rate	77.0%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
Population	27,708 → 29,302 (+5.8%)	27,080 → 27,981 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$90,730 → $117,439 (+29.4%)	$66,686 → $86,485 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $421,500 (+33.8%)	$158,800 → $215,300 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,293 (+20.4%)	$1,043 → $1,217 (+16.7%)

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

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)

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	21.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.9%
75 and over	8.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	57.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	19.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	10.5%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
Drove alone	70.8%	69.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.1%	19.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
1-unit, detached	72.7%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	29.5%
20 or more units	8.7%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Maryland Heights
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1963	1974