Maryland Heights vs Webster Groves

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

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

Maryland Heights has the higher population (27,981 vs 23,771 in Webster Groves). Webster Groves has the higher median household income ($110,716 vs $86,485 in Maryland Heights). Webster Groves has the higher median home value ($371,400 vs $215,300 in Maryland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
Population	27,981	23,771
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,485	$110,716
Median home value	$215,300	$371,400
Median gross rent	$1,217	$1,628
Housing units	13,222	10,044
Homeownership rate	57.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
Population	27,080 → 27,981 (+3.3%)	22,951 → 23,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$66,686 → $86,485 (+29.7%)	$102,759 → $110,716 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $215,300 (+35.6%)	$296,800 → $371,400 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,217 (+16.7%)	$1,349 → $1,628 (+20.7%)

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

Webster Groves

Population

22,95123,771

Median household income

$102,759$110,716

Median home value

$296,800$371,400

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
Under 5	5.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	21.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.6%
75 and over	5.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	80.6%
Black or African American	14.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	19.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	20.4%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
Drove alone	69.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	21.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
1-unit, detached	51.4%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	29.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	5.2%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maryland Heights	Webster Groves
Poverty rate	5.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1974	1951