De Witt vs Hale

A side-by-side comparison of De Witt and Hale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hale has the higher population (535 vs 61 in De Witt). Hale has the higher median home value ($76,000 vs $41,700 in De Witt). Since 2019, Hale's population has grown faster (+25.9% vs -41.3%).

Population, income & housing

	De Witt	Hale
Population	61	535
Median age	66.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,313
Median home value	$41,700	$76,000
Median gross rent	—	$660
Housing units	50	273
Homeownership rate	96.9%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Witt	Hale
Population	104 → 61 (-41.3%)	425 → 535 (+25.9%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $23,750 (-43.3%)	$42,750 → $50,313 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$50,700 → $41,700 (-17.8%)	$58,300 → $76,000 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$577 → $660 (+14.4%)

De Witt

Population

10461

Median household income

$41,875$23,750

Median home value

$50,700$41,700

Hale

Population

425535

Median household income

$42,750$50,313

Median home value

$58,300$76,000

Median gross rent

$577$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Witt	Hale
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	17.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	4.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	45.9%	20.0%
75 and over	16.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Witt	Hale
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.9%
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	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Witt	Hale
No high school diploma	29.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Witt	Hale
Drove alone	71.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	21.4%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Witt	Hale
1-unit, detached	70.0%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	De Witt	Hale
Poverty rate	34.4%	8.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1969	1970