Old Appleton vs Pocahontas

A side-by-side comparison of Old Appleton and Pocahontas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Appleton has the higher population (80 vs 47 in Pocahontas). Old Appleton has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $66,875 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $101,400 in Old Appleton).

Population, income & housing

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
Population	80	47
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$66,875
Median home value	$101,400	$128,100
Housing units	31	26
Homeownership rate	67.7%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
Population	74 → 80 (+8.1%)	54 → 47 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $75,625 (+23.5%)	—
Median home value	$95,000 → $101,400 (+6.7%)	$99,000 → $128,100 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $700 (-45.8%)	—

Old Appleton

Population

7480

Median household income

$61,250$75,625

Median home value

$95,000$101,400

Median gross rent

$1,292$700

Pocahontas

Population

5447

Median home value

$99,000$128,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
Under 5	13.8%	10.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	26.3%	23.4%
45 to 54	5.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	20.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	2.5%	12.8%
75 and over	2.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	85.1%
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	8.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	1.9%	19.4%
High school graduate	54.7%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
Drove alone	76.3%	86.4%
Carpooled	18.4%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	90.3%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Old Appleton	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	5.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	51	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938