Missouri City vs Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Missouri City and Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Missouri City has the higher population (262 vs 178 in Oaks). Oaks has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $83,800 in Missouri City). Since 2019, Oaks's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs -54.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Missouri City	Oaks
Population	262	178
Median age	55.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	—
Median home value	$83,800	$300,000
Median gross rent	$1,045	$1,463
Housing units	142	75
Homeownership rate	82.3%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Missouri City	Oaks
Population	569 → 262 (-54.0%)	149 → 178 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$48,467 → $51,042 (+5.3%)	$109,375 → $108,333 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $83,800 (+11.7%)	$212,500 → $300,000 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,045 (+17.4%)	$1,357 → $1,463 (+7.8%)

Missouri City

Population

569262

Median household income

$48,467$51,042

Median home value

$75,000$83,800

Median gross rent

$890$1,045

Oaks

Population

149178

Median household income

$109,375$108,333

Median home value

$212,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Missouri City	Oaks
Under 5	0.8%	9.6%
5 to 17	2.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.9%
25 to 34	2.7%	2.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	21.3%
45 to 54	20.6%	18.0%
55 to 64	27.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	5.6%
75 and over	10.3%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Missouri City	Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	61.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Missouri City	Oaks
No high school diploma	19.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	43.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.6%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Missouri City	Oaks
Drove alone	80.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Missouri City	Oaks
1-unit, detached	78.9%	100.0%
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	21.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Missouri City	Oaks
Poverty rate	3.8%	0.6%
Average household size	2.02	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1951	1948