Uplands Park vs Westwood

A side-by-side comparison of Uplands Park and Westwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Uplands Park has the higher population (358 vs 293 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($231,667 vs $50,313 in Uplands Park). Westwood has the higher median home value ($1,015,600 vs $85,800 in Uplands Park).

Population, income & housing

	Uplands Park	Westwood
Population	358	293
Median age	45.6 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$231,667
Median home value	$85,800	$1,015,600
Median gross rent	$1,229	$3,250
Housing units	169	130
Homeownership rate	72.3%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	75.4%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Uplands Park	Westwood
Population	386 → 358 (-7.3%)	310 → 293 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$35,192 → $50,313 (+43.0%)	$225,000 → $231,667 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $85,800 (+18.5%)	$806,500 → $1,015,600 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,229 (+44.6%)	—

Uplands Park

Population

386358

Median household income

$35,192$50,313

Median home value

$72,400$85,800

Median gross rent

$850$1,229

Westwood

Population

310293

Median household income

$225,000$231,667

Median home value

$806,500$1,015,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Uplands Park	Westwood
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	23.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	3.4%	4.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	19.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	20.1%
75 and over	11.2%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Uplands Park	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	86.3%
Black or African American	98.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Uplands Park	Westwood
No high school diploma	12.5%	0.4%
High school graduate	35.0%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	45.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Uplands Park	Westwood
Drove alone	78.3%	73.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.4%
Public transit	5.4%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	18.2%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Uplands Park	Westwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Uplands Park	Westwood
Poverty rate	17.3%	1.0%
Average household size	2.75	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	36	18
Median year structure built	1938	1958