Kahoka vs Luray

A side-by-side comparison of Kahoka and Luray: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kahoka has the higher population (2,083 vs 109 in Luray). Luray has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $35,993 in Kahoka). Kahoka has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $51,300 in Luray).

Population, income & housing

	Kahoka	Luray
Population	2,083	109
Median age	31.6 yrs	10.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,993	$70,500
Median home value	$94,800	$51,300
Median gross rent	$551	—
Housing units	796	42
Homeownership rate	58.5%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahoka	Luray
Population	2,160 → 2,083 (-3.6%)	73 → 109 (+49.3%)
Median household income	$40,781 → $35,993 (-11.7%)	$49,167 → $70,500 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $94,800 (+16.0%)	$55,000 → $51,300 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $551 (+3.4%)	—

Kahoka

Population

2,1602,083

Median household income

$40,781$35,993

Median home value

$81,700$94,800

Median gross rent

$533$551

Luray

Population

73109

Median household income

$49,167$70,500

Median home value

$55,000$51,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahoka	Luray
Under 5	6.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	24.6%	46.8%
18 to 24	10.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	6.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	6.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	4.6%
75 and over	7.8%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahoka	Luray
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahoka	Luray
No high school diploma	17.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahoka	Luray
Drove alone	78.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahoka	Luray
1-unit, detached	65.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Kahoka	Luray
Poverty rate	9.3%	32.1%
Average household size	3.21	5.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1968	1956