Pocahontas vs Shawneetown

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

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

Shawneetown has the higher population (165 vs 47 in Pocahontas). Shawneetown has the higher median household income ($138,571 vs $66,875 in Pocahontas). Since 2019, Pocahontas's population has grown faster (-13.0% vs -15.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
Population	47	165
Median age	37.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$138,571
Median home value	$128,100	—
Housing units	26	50
Homeownership rate	76.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
Population	54 → 47 (-13.0%)	196 → 165 (-15.8%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $128,100 (+29.4%)	—

Pocahontas

Population

5447

Median home value

$99,000$128,100

Shawneetown

Population

196165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
Under 5	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	23.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	24.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	7.9%
75 and over	2.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	100.0%
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	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
No high school diploma	19.4%	44.1%
High school graduate	22.2%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
Drove alone	86.4%	45.8%
Carpooled	13.6%	54.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
1-unit, detached	88.5%	100.0%
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	11.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas	Shawneetown
Poverty rate	17.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.76	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938