
Missouri · Census place 19018
Dellwood, MO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Dellwood, Missouri (Dellwood, MO — Census place “Dellwood city”) is 4,869 residents, ranking #146 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $71,171, the median home is worth $79,800 and median gross rent runs $1,116 a month. Looking for the Dellwood Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Dellwood, MO: 63136.
- Population
- 4,869Dellwood city residents
- Median household income
- $71,171Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $79,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,116Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 58.2%Owner-occupied households
Dellwood ZIP codes (Missouri)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Dellwood.
The Dellwood MO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Dellwood city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Dellwood city median would spend about 18.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.7% of residents and 58.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Dellwood city, MO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Dellwood city is a small town in Missouri, with 4,869 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #146 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 42.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Dellwood city earn a median of $71,171 a year, 9.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 28% above the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 19.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Dellwood city is valued at $79,800, 73.7% below the national figure and 48% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,116 a month, 20.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,392 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 58.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Dellwood city?
- Dellwood city has 4,869 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #146 of 1,082 in Missouri.
- What is the median household income in Dellwood city?
- Median household income in Dellwood city is $71,171 a year, 9.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Dellwood city?
- Median gross rent is $1,116 a month and the median home value is $79,800, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
- Is Dellwood city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Dellwood city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Dellwood city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.