Cape Girardeau vs Delta

A side-by-side comparison of Cape Girardeau and Delta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cape Girardeau has the higher population (40,047 vs 488 in Delta). Cape Girardeau has the higher median household income ($54,870 vs $45,000 in Delta). Cape Girardeau has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $121,900 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
Population	40,047	488
Median age	34.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,870	$45,000
Median home value	$186,100	$121,900
Median gross rent	$855	$681
Housing units	18,590	191
Homeownership rate	52.2%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
Population	39,566 → 40,047 (+1.2%)	352 → 488 (+38.6%)
Median household income	$45,733 → $54,870 (+20.0%)	$32,917 → $45,000 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$151,800 → $186,100 (+22.6%)	$78,600 → $121,900 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $855 (+7.7%)	$536 → $681 (+27.1%)

Cape Girardeau

Population

39,56640,047

Median household income

$45,733$54,870

Median home value

$151,800$186,100

Median gross rent

$794$855

Delta

Population

352488

Median household income

$32,917$45,000

Median home value

$78,600$121,900

Median gross rent

$536$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
Under 5	5.5%	10.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	5.3%
18 to 24	21.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	24.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	21.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.0%
75 and over	9.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	99.8%
Black or African American	15.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
No high school diploma	8.4%	19.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
Drove alone	79.9%	48.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	46.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	2.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
1-unit, detached	62.6%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Cape Girardeau	Delta
Poverty rate	20.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.23	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1975	1968