Delta vs Oak Ridge

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

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

Delta has the higher population (488 vs 258 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($68,542 vs $45,000 in Delta). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($145,800 vs $121,900 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Oak Ridge
Population	488	258
Median age	39.5 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$68,542
Median home value	$121,900	$145,800
Median gross rent	$681	$933
Housing units	191	110
Homeownership rate	77.7%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Oak Ridge
Population	352 → 488 (+38.6%)	255 → 258 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$32,917 → $45,000 (+36.7%)	$47,500 → $68,542 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$78,600 → $121,900 (+55.1%)	$102,800 → $145,800 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $681 (+27.1%)	$800 → $933 (+16.6%)

Delta

Population

352488

Median household income

$32,917$45,000

Median home value

$78,600$121,900

Median gross rent

$536$681

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)

	Delta	Oak Ridge
Under 5	10.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	5.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.3%
25 to 34	24.6%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	21.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.8%
75 and over	4.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	19.8%	22.5%
High school graduate	46.9%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	48.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	46.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	78.5%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.2%
Average household size	3.30	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1968	1967