Kirksville vs Novinger

A side-by-side comparison of Kirksville and Novinger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kirksville has the higher population (17,493 vs 454 in Novinger). Kirksville has the higher median household income ($48,063 vs $44,063 in Novinger). Kirksville has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $52,300 in Novinger).

Population, income & housing

	Kirksville	Novinger
Population	17,493	454
Median age	25.1 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,063	$44,063
Median home value	$145,300	$52,300
Median gross rent	$787	$525
Housing units	7,546	226
Homeownership rate	47.9%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirksville	Novinger
Population	17,554 → 17,493 (-0.3%)	377 → 454 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$33,575 → $48,063 (+43.2%)	$30,729 → $44,063 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $145,300 (+22.7%)	$59,200 → $52,300 (-11.7%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $787 (+22.4%)	$344 → $525 (+52.6%)

Kirksville

Population

17,55417,493

Median household income

$33,575$48,063

Median home value

$118,400$145,300

Median gross rent

$643$787

Novinger

Population

377454

Median household income

$30,729$44,063

Median home value

$59,200$52,300

Median gross rent

$344$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirksville	Novinger
Under 5	5.2%	14.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	32.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.4%
55 to 64	7.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.5%
75 and over	6.1%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirksville	Novinger
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirksville	Novinger
No high school diploma	7.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirksville	Novinger
Drove alone	72.2%	86.1%
Carpooled	14.2%	2.4%
Public transit	0.1%	6.1%
Walked	5.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirksville	Novinger
1-unit, detached	59.5%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	21.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Kirksville	Novinger
Poverty rate	27.2%	26.3%
Average household size	2.54	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	14	29
Median year structure built	1971	1949