University City vs Wildwood

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

University City 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 34,655 in University City). Wildwood has the higher median household income ($157,750 vs $76,466 in University City). Wildwood has the higher median home value ($472,800 vs $285,100 in University City).

Population, income & housing

	University City	Wildwood
Population	34,655	35,168
Median age	38.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,466	$157,750
Median home value	$285,100	$472,800
Median gross rent	$1,265	$1,575
Housing units	17,827	13,380
Homeownership rate	55.4%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	University City	Wildwood
Population	34,498 → 34,655 (+0.5%)	35,459 → 35,168 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$61,274 → $76,466 (+24.8%)	$135,202 → $157,750 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $285,100 (+4.2%)	$378,000 → $472,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,066 → $1,265 (+18.7%)	$1,210 → $1,575 (+30.2%)

University City

Population

34,49834,655

Median household income

$61,274$76,466

Median home value

$273,500$285,100

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,265

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)

	University City	Wildwood
Under 5	5.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.5%
75 and over	7.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	University City	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	82.8%
Black or African American	30.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	University City	Wildwood
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	14.2%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	University City	Wildwood
Drove alone	66.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.6%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	22.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	University City	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	61.2%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	University City	Wildwood
Poverty rate	13.4%	3.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1949	1992