Mehlville vs Oakville

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

Mehlville 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 29,089 in Mehlville). Oakville has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $65,395 in Mehlville). Oakville has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $210,200 in Mehlville).

Population, income & housing

	Mehlville	Oakville
Population	29,089	35,166
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,395	$103,125
Median home value	$210,200	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,083
Housing units	13,771	14,280
Homeownership rate	65.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mehlville	Oakville
Population	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)	36,407 → 35,166 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)	$85,972 → $103,125 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)	$234,800 → $292,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)	$907 → $1,083 (+19.4%)

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

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)

	Mehlville	Oakville
Under 5	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	12.8%
75 and over	10.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mehlville	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	6.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mehlville	Oakville
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mehlville	Oakville
Drove alone	80.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.0%	16.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mehlville	Oakville
1-unit, detached	59.0%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	9.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mehlville	Oakville
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1969	1982