Richmond Heights vs Sunset Hills

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

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

Richmond Heights has the higher population (9,179 vs 9,113 in Sunset Hills). Sunset Hills has the higher median household income ($133,895 vs $90,670 in Richmond Heights). Sunset Hills has the higher median home value ($522,300 vs $345,400 in Richmond Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
Population	9,179	9,113
Median age	35.4 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,670	$133,895
Median home value	$345,400	$522,300
Median gross rent	$1,447	$3,454
Housing units	4,695	3,829
Homeownership rate	51.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.0%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
Population	8,500 → 9,179 (+8.0%)	8,472 → 9,113 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$82,261 → $90,670 (+10.2%)	$106,094 → $133,895 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$253,700 → $345,400 (+36.1%)	$392,200 → $522,300 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,447 (+39.8%)	$1,833 → $3,454 (+88.4%)

Richmond Heights

Population

8,5009,179

Median household income

$82,261$90,670

Median home value

$253,700$345,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,447

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)

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
Under 5	6.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	22.6%	4.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.7%
75 and over	5.5%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	7.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
No high school diploma	0.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	7.6%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	36.9%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
Drove alone	75.1%	78.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	15.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
1-unit, detached	55.2%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	1.6%
20 or more units	12.3%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Richmond Heights	Sunset Hills
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1947	1978