Steelville vs West Sullivan

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

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

Steelville has the higher population (1,410 vs 252 in West Sullivan). West Sullivan has the higher median household income ($49,500 vs $32,404 in Steelville). West Sullivan has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $82,500 in Steelville).

Population, income & housing

	Steelville	West Sullivan
Population	1,410	252
Median age	45.7 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,404	$49,500
Median home value	$82,500	$133,300
Median gross rent	$683	$1,217
Housing units	720	104
Homeownership rate	47.6%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steelville	West Sullivan
Population	1,728 → 1,410 (-18.4%)	226 → 252 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$33,015 → $32,404 (-1.9%)	$41,250 → $49,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $82,500 (-4.3%)	$92,100 → $133,300 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $683 (+12.5%)	$815 → $1,217 (+49.3%)

Steelville

Population

1,7281,410

Median household income

$33,015$32,404

Median home value

$86,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$607$683

West Sullivan

Population

226252

Median household income

$41,250$49,500

Median home value

$92,100$133,300

Median gross rent

$815$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Steelville	West Sullivan
Under 5	2.0%	11.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	9.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	23.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	4.0%
65 to 74	16.2%	11.1%
75 and over	9.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steelville	West Sullivan
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	84.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steelville	West Sullivan
No high school diploma	21.3%	21.1%
High school graduate	38.7%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steelville	West Sullivan
Drove alone	82.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steelville	West Sullivan
1-unit, detached	58.6%	26.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	35.6%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Steelville	West Sullivan
Poverty rate	25.2%	20.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1976	2002