Luray vs Wyaconda

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

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

Wyaconda has the higher population (193 vs 109 in Luray). Luray has the higher median household income ($70,500 vs $48,672 in Wyaconda). Wyaconda has the higher median home value ($56,800 vs $51,300 in Luray).

Population, income & housing

	Luray	Wyaconda
Population	109	193
Median age	10.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,500	$48,672
Median home value	$51,300	$56,800
Median gross rent	—	$471
Housing units	42	114
Homeownership rate	85.0%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luray	Wyaconda
Population	73 → 109 (+49.3%)	139 → 193 (+38.8%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $70,500 (+43.4%)	$22,159 → $48,672 (+119.6%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $51,300 (-6.7%)	$55,700 → $56,800 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$455 → $471 (+3.5%)

Luray

Population

73109

Median household income

$49,167$70,500

Median home value

$55,000$51,300

Wyaconda

Population

139193

Median household income

$22,159$48,672

Median home value

$55,700$56,800

Median gross rent

$455$471

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luray	Wyaconda
Under 5	9.2%	2.6%
5 to 17	46.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	2.8%	11.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	23.3%
55 to 64	6.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	4.6%	8.3%
75 and over	0.9%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luray	Wyaconda
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	18.3%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luray	Wyaconda
No high school diploma	2.2%	20.5%
High school graduate	55.6%	57.4%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luray	Wyaconda
Drove alone	81.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luray	Wyaconda
1-unit, detached	83.3%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Luray	Wyaconda
Poverty rate	32.1%	32.2%
Average household size	5.45	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	45
Median year structure built	1956	1956