Cuba vs Steelville

A side-by-side comparison of Cuba and Steelville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cuba has the higher population (3,172 vs 1,410 in Steelville). Cuba has the higher median household income ($44,217 vs $32,404 in Steelville). Cuba has the higher median home value ($171,000 vs $82,500 in Steelville).

Population, income & housing

	Cuba	Steelville
Population	3,172	1,410
Median age	35.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,217	$32,404
Median home value	$171,000	$82,500
Median gross rent	$840	$683
Housing units	1,388	720
Homeownership rate	41.5%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuba	Steelville
Population	3,314 → 3,172 (-4.3%)	1,728 → 1,410 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$20,607 → $44,217 (+114.6%)	$33,015 → $32,404 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$109,500 → $171,000 (+56.2%)	$86,200 → $82,500 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$547 → $840 (+53.6%)	$607 → $683 (+12.5%)

Cuba

Population

3,3143,172

Median household income

$20,607$44,217

Median home value

$109,500$171,000

Median gross rent

$547$840

Steelville

Population

1,7281,410

Median household income

$33,015$32,404

Median home value

$86,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$607$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuba	Steelville
Under 5	5.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	13.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	16.2%
75 and over	7.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuba	Steelville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuba	Steelville
No high school diploma	22.6%	21.3%
High school graduate	49.2%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuba	Steelville
Drove alone	86.6%	82.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	3.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuba	Steelville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Cuba	Steelville
Poverty rate	16.7%	25.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1978	1976