Sappington vs Valley Park

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

Sappington and Valley Park 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 6,817 in Valley Park). Sappington has the higher median household income ($72,213 vs $64,470 in Valley Park). Sappington has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $232,900 in Valley Park).

Population, income & housing

	Sappington	Valley Park
Population	6,882	6,817
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,213	$64,470
Median home value	$284,700	$232,900
Median gross rent	$1,188	$1,343
Housing units	3,314	3,182
Homeownership rate	68.7%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sappington	Valley Park
Population	7,484 → 6,882 (-8.0%)	6,799 → 6,817 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$60,743 → $72,213 (+18.9%)	$56,786 → $64,470 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $284,700 (+34.4%)	$179,700 → $232,900 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,188 (+37.7%)	$998 → $1,343 (+34.6%)

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

Valley Park

Population

6,7996,817

Median household income

$56,786$64,470

Median home value

$179,700$232,900

Median gross rent

$998$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sappington	Valley Park
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.9%
75 and over	11.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sappington	Valley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sappington	Valley Park
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	25.8%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sappington	Valley Park
Drove alone	79.5%	73.1%
Carpooled	1.5%	6.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	18.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sappington	Valley Park
1-unit, detached	57.1%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	20.0%	26.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Sappington	Valley Park
Poverty rate	5.5%	12.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1967	1990