Kirkwood vs Oakville

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

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

Oakville has the higher population (35,166 vs 29,302 in Kirkwood). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($117,439 vs $103,125 in Oakville). Kirkwood has the higher median home value ($421,500 vs $292,500 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Oakville
Population	29,302	35,166
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,439	$103,125
Median home value	$421,500	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,083
Housing units	12,936	14,280
Homeownership rate	77.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Oakville
Population	27,708 → 29,302 (+5.8%)	36,407 → 35,166 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$90,730 → $117,439 (+29.4%)	$85,972 → $103,125 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $421,500 (+33.8%)	$234,800 → $292,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,293 (+20.4%)	$907 → $1,083 (+19.4%)

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

Oakville

Population

36,40735,166

Median household income

$85,972$103,125

Median home value

$234,800$292,500

Median gross rent

$907$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirkwood	Oakville
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.3%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.8%
75 and over	8.1%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	88.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Oakville
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	10.5%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Oakville
Drove alone	70.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	21.1%	16.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Oakville
1-unit, detached	72.7%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	8.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Oakville
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1963	1982