Mehlville vs Wildwood

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

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

Wildwood has the higher population (35,168 vs 29,089 in Mehlville). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($157,750 vs $65,395 in Mehlville). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $210,200 in Mehlville).

Population, income & housing

	Mehlville	Wildwood
Population	29,089	35,168
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,395	$157,750
Median home value	$210,200	$472,800
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,575
Housing units	13,771	13,380
Homeownership rate	65.0%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mehlville	Wildwood
Population	27,971 → 29,089 (+4.0%)	35,459 → 35,168 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $65,395 (+12.5%)	$135,202 → $157,750 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$158,000 → $210,200 (+33.0%)	$378,000 → $472,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,029 (+28.0%)	$1,210 → $1,575 (+30.2%)

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

Wildwood

Population

35,45935,168

Median household income

$135,202$157,750

Median home value

$378,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mehlville	Wildwood
Under 5	5.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.5%
75 and over	10.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mehlville	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mehlville	Wildwood
No high school diploma	7.7%	1.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mehlville	Wildwood
Drove alone	80.0%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	22.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mehlville	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	59.0%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mehlville	Wildwood
Poverty rate	8.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1969	1992