Cassville vs Shell Knob

A side-by-side comparison of Cassville and Shell Knob: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cassville has the higher population (3,208 vs 1,445 in Shell Knob). Cassville has the higher median household income ($52,102 vs $51,852 in Shell Knob). Shell Knob has the higher median home value ($304,700 vs $152,600 in Cassville).

Population, income & housing

	Cassville	Shell Knob
Population	3,208	1,445
Median age	36.8 yrs	59.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,102	$51,852
Median home value	$152,600	$304,700
Median gross rent	$640	$1,010
Housing units	1,362	1,471
Homeownership rate	59.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassville	Shell Knob
Population	3,267 → 3,208 (-1.8%)	1,091 → 1,445 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$31,818 → $52,102 (+63.8%)	$38,080 → $51,852 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$101,400 → $152,600 (+50.5%)	$197,300 → $304,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $640 (-15.2%)	$681 → $1,010 (+48.3%)

Cassville

Population

3,2673,208

Median household income

$31,818$52,102

Median home value

$101,400$152,600

Median gross rent

$755$640

Shell Knob

Population

1,0911,445

Median household income

$38,080$51,852

Median home value

$197,300$304,700

Median gross rent

$681$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassville	Shell Knob
Under 5	10.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	7.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	16.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.4%	18.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	20.6%
75 and over	7.8%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassville	Shell Knob
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	74.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.2%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassville	Shell Knob
No high school diploma	16.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	39.9%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassville	Shell Knob
Drove alone	75.3%	59.9%
Carpooled	12.5%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassville	Shell Knob
1-unit, detached	62.4%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Cassville	Shell Knob
Poverty rate	28.4%	16.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1971	1993