Mehlville vs University City

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

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

University City has the higher population (34,655 vs 29,089 in Mehlville). University City has the higher median household income ($76,466 vs $65,395 in Mehlville). University City has the higher median home value ($285,100 vs $210,200 in Mehlville).

Population, income & housing

	Mehlville	University City
Population	29,089	34,655
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,395	$76,466
Median home value	$210,200	$285,100
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,265
Housing units	13,771	17,827
Homeownership rate	65.0%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mehlville	University City
Population	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)	34,498 → 34,655 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)	$61,274 → $76,466 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)	$273,500 → $285,100 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)	$1,066 → $1,265 (+18.7%)

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

University City

Population

34,49834,655

Median household income

$61,274$76,466

Median home value

$273,500$285,100

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,265

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mehlville	University City
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.2%
75 and over	10.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mehlville	University City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	54.7%
Black or African American	6.0%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mehlville	University City
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	32.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mehlville	University City
Drove alone	80.0%	66.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.2%	4.5%
Walked	0.9%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.0%	17.0%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mehlville	University City
1-unit, detached	59.0%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	8.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mehlville	University City
Poverty rate	8.5%	13.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1969	1949