Kirkwood vs Wildwood

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

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

Wildwood has the higher population (35,168 vs 29,302 in Kirkwood). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($157,750 vs $117,439 in Kirkwood). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $421,500 in Kirkwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
Population	29,302	35,168
Median age	42.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,439	$157,750
Median home value	$421,500	$472,800
Median gross rent	$1,293	$1,575
Housing units	12,936	13,380
Homeownership rate	77.0%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
Population	27,708 → 29,302 (+5.8%)	35,459 → 35,168 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$90,730 → $117,439 (+29.4%)	$135,202 → $157,750 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $421,500 (+33.8%)	$378,000 → $472,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,293 (+20.4%)	$1,210 → $1,575 (+30.2%)

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

Wildwood

Population

35,45935,168

Median household income

$135,202$157,750

Median home value

$378,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	5.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.5%
75 and over	8.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	82.8%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
No high school diploma	2.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	10.5%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.4%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
Drove alone	70.8%	71.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	22.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	72.7%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Wildwood
Poverty rate	5.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1963	1992