Sappington vs Shrewsbury

A side-by-side comparison of Sappington and Shrewsbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sappington has the higher population (6,882 vs 6,328 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($84,942 vs $72,213 in Sappington). Sappington has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $266,600 in Shrewsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
Population	6,882	6,328
Median age	42.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,213	$84,942
Median home value	$284,700	$266,600
Median gross rent	$1,188	$1,143
Housing units	3,314	3,332
Homeownership rate	68.7%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
Population	7,484 → 6,882 (-8.0%)	6,150 → 6,328 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$60,743 → $72,213 (+18.9%)	$59,313 → $84,942 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $284,700 (+34.4%)	$174,300 → $266,600 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,188 (+37.7%)	$915 → $1,143 (+24.9%)

Sappington

Population

7,4846,882

Median household income

$60,743$72,213

Median home value

$211,800$284,700

Median gross rent

$863$1,188

Shrewsbury

Population

6,1506,328

Median household income

$59,313$84,942

Median home value

$174,300$266,600

Median gross rent

$915$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
Under 5	5.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	11.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.4%
75 and over	11.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	25.8%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	79.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	6.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	18.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	57.1%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	6.8%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Sappington	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	5.5%	9.1%
Average household size	2.20	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1967	1968