Claycomo vs Smithville

A side-by-side comparison of Claycomo and Smithville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smithville has the higher population (10,552 vs 1,994 in Claycomo). Smithville has the higher median household income ($99,925 vs $49,649 in Claycomo). Smithville has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $151,300 in Claycomo).

Population, income & housing

	Claycomo	Smithville
Population	1,994	10,552
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,649	$99,925
Median home value	$151,300	$272,500
Median gross rent	$1,035	$977
Housing units	828	4,063
Homeownership rate	54.9%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claycomo	Smithville
Population	1,586 → 1,994 (+25.7%)	9,884 → 10,552 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$49,102 → $49,649 (+1.1%)	$82,398 → $99,925 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $151,300 (+44.0%)	$194,500 → $272,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $1,035 (+41.8%)	$799 → $977 (+22.3%)

Claycomo

Population

1,5861,994

Median household income

$49,102$49,649

Median home value

$105,100$151,300

Median gross rent

$730$1,035

Smithville

Population

9,88410,552

Median household income

$82,398$99,925

Median home value

$194,500$272,500

Median gross rent

$799$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claycomo	Smithville
Under 5	10.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.9%
75 and over	4.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claycomo	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claycomo	Smithville
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	40.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claycomo	Smithville
Drove alone	81.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	10.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claycomo	Smithville
1-unit, detached	50.2%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Claycomo	Smithville
Poverty rate	20.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1964	1996