Vinita Park vs Wellston

A side-by-side comparison of Vinita Park and Wellston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vinita Park has the higher population (1,978 vs 1,690 in Wellston). Vinita Park has the higher median household income ($53,355 vs $39,474 in Wellston). Since 2019, Vinita Park's population has grown faster (+22.2% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Vinita Park	Wellston
Population	1,978	1,690
Median age	42.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,355	$39,474
Median home value	$99,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,053
Housing units	1,102	1,045
Homeownership rate	43.0%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vinita Park	Wellston
Population	1,619 → 1,978 (+22.2%)	1,932 → 1,690 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$40,809 → $53,355 (+30.7%)	$25,355 → $39,474 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$76,200 → $99,000 (+29.9%)	$38,000 → $34,000 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$822 → $1,087 (+32.2%)	$928 → $1,053 (+13.5%)

Vinita Park

Population

1,6191,978

Median household income

$40,809$53,355

Median home value

$76,200$99,000

Median gross rent

$822$1,087

Wellston

Population

1,9321,690

Median household income

$25,355$39,474

Median home value

$38,000$34,000

Median gross rent

$928$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vinita Park	Wellston
Under 5	6.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	24.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.2%
75 and over	3.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vinita Park	Wellston
White (non-Hispanic)	24.2%	4.0%
Black or African American	62.5%	91.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vinita Park	Wellston
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	35.1%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vinita Park	Wellston
Drove alone	64.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	3.4%
Public transit	4.6%	12.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	3.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vinita Park	Wellston
1-unit, detached	69.1%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Vinita Park	Wellston
Poverty rate	22.2%	35.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1953	1952