Mehlville vs Webster Groves

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

Mehlville and Webster Groves 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 23,771 in Webster Groves). Webster Groves has the higher median household income ($110,716 vs $65,395 in Mehlville). Webster Groves has the higher median home value ($371,400 vs $210,200 in Mehlville).

Population, income & housing

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
Population	29,089	23,771
Median age	43.3 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,395	$110,716
Median home value	$210,200	$371,400
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,628
Housing units	13,771	10,044
Homeownership rate	65.0%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
Population	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)	22,951 → 23,771 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)	$102,759 → $110,716 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)	$296,800 → $371,400 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)	$1,349 → $1,628 (+20.7%)

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

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)

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.6%
75 and over	10.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	80.6%
Black or African American	6.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	18.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
Drove alone	80.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	21.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
1-unit, detached	59.0%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	9.3%	15.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mehlville	Webster Groves
Poverty rate	8.5%	3.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1969	1951