Pocahontas vs Whitewater

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

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

Whitewater has the higher population (75 vs 47 in Pocahontas). Pocahontas has the higher median household income ($66,875 vs $48,558 in Whitewater). Pocahontas has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $101,900 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Pocahontas	Whitewater
Population	47	75
Median age	37.8 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,875	$48,558
Median home value	$128,100	$101,900
Housing units	26	58
Homeownership rate	76.5%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocahontas	Whitewater
Population	54 → 47 (-13.0%)	107 → 75 (-29.9%)
Median household income	—	$45,625 → $48,558 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $128,100 (+29.4%)	$72,100 → $101,900 (+41.3%)

Pocahontas

Population

5447

Median home value

$99,000$128,100

Whitewater

Population

10775

Median household income

$45,625$48,558

Median home value

$72,100$101,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pocahontas	Whitewater
Under 5	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	4.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	2.7%
35 to 44	23.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	24.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	24.0%
75 and over	2.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocahontas	Whitewater
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	Whitewater
No high school diploma	19.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	22.2%	68.3%
Some college or associate's	41.7%	10.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocahontas	Whitewater
Drove alone	86.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	13.6%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocahontas	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	88.5%	72.4%
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%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Pocahontas	Whitewater
Poverty rate	17.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.76	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	59
Median year structure built	1938	1984