Maryland Heights vs Mehlville

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

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

Mehlville has the higher population (29,089 vs 27,981 in Maryland Heights). Maryland Heights has the higher median household income ($86,485 vs $65,395 in Mehlville). Maryland Heights has the higher median home value ($215,300 vs $210,200 in Mehlville).

Population, income & housing

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
Population	27,981	29,089
Median age	34.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,485	$65,395
Median home value	$215,300	$210,200
Median gross rent	$1,217	$1,029
Housing units	13,222	13,771
Homeownership rate	57.6%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
Population	27,080 → 27,981 (+3.3%)	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$66,686 → $86,485 (+29.7%)	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $215,300 (+35.6%)	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,217 (+16.7%)	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)

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

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)

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	21.7%	16.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.7%
75 and over	5.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	14.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	20.4%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
Drove alone	69.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	9.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
1-unit, detached	51.4%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	29.5%	21.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Maryland Heights	Mehlville
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1974	1969