Cape Girardeau vs Oak Ridge

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

Cape Girardeau and Oak Ridge 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 258 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($68,542 vs $54,870 in Cape Girardeau). Cape Girardeau has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $145,800 in Oak Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
Population	40,047	258
Median age	34.2 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,870	$68,542
Median home value	$186,100	$145,800
Median gross rent	$855	$933
Housing units	18,590	110
Homeownership rate	52.2%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
Population	39,566 → 40,047 (+1.2%)	255 → 258 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$45,733 → $54,870 (+20.0%)	$47,500 → $68,542 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$151,800 → $186,100 (+22.6%)	$102,800 → $145,800 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $855 (+7.7%)	$800 → $933 (+16.6%)

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

Oak Ridge

Population

255258

Median household income

$47,500$68,542

Median home value

$102,800$145,800

Median gross rent

$800$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
Under 5	5.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	21.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.8%
75 and over	9.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	99.6%
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%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	8.4%	22.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	79.9%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	62.6%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Cape Girardeau	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	20.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1975	1967