Olivette vs Sunset Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Olivette and Sunset Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunset Hills has the higher population (9,113 vs 8,539 in Olivette). Sunset Hills has the higher median household income ($133,895 vs $105,898 in Olivette). Sunset Hills has the higher median home value ($522,300 vs $450,100 in Olivette).

Population, income & housing

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
Population	8,539	9,113
Median age	41.1 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$105,898	$133,895
Median home value	$450,100	$522,300
Median gross rent	$1,515	$3,454
Housing units	3,546	3,829
Homeownership rate	74.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.5%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
Population	7,849 → 8,539 (+8.8%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $105,898 (+22.8%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$338,100 → $450,100 (+33.1%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,515 (+33.7%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

Olivette

Population

7,8498,539

Median household income

$86,250$105,898

Median home value

$338,100$450,100

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,515

Sunset Hills

Population

8,4729,113

Median household income

$106,094$133,895

Median home value

$392,200$522,300

Median gross rent

$1,833$3,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
Under 5	4.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.7%
75 and over	8.1%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	20.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	10.6%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	39.2%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	67.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	15.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	73.5%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Olivette	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1961	1978