Kirkwood vs Mehlville

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

Kirkwood and Mehlville 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 29,089 in Mehlville). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($117,439 vs $65,395 in Mehlville). Kirkwood has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $210,200 in Mehlville).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
Population	29,302	29,089
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$117,439	$65,395
Median home value	$421,500	$210,200
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,029
Housing units	12,936	13,771
Homeownership rate	77.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
Population	27,708 → 29,302 (+5.8%)	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$90,730 → $117,439 (+29.4%)	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $421,500 (+33.8%)	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,293 (+20.4%)	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)

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

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)

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.7%
75 and over	8.1%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	87.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
No high school diploma	2.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	10.5%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
Drove alone	70.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	9.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
1-unit, detached	72.7%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	21.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Mehlville
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1963	1969