Pacific vs Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Pacific and Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Washington has the higher population (14,948 vs 7,299 in Pacific). Washington has the higher median household income ($78,510 vs $57,119 in Pacific). Pacific has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $217,500 in Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Pacific	Washington
Population	7,299	14,948
Median age	40.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,119	$78,510
Median home value	$244,000	$217,500
Median gross rent	$914	$846
Housing units	3,272	6,610
Homeownership rate	60.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pacific	Washington
Population	6,339 → 7,299 (+15.1%)	14,014 → 14,948 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$49,142 → $57,119 (+16.2%)	$60,882 → $78,510 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$144,200 → $244,000 (+69.2%)	$165,000 → $217,500 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $914 (+31.5%)	$762 → $846 (+11.0%)

Pacific

Population

6,3397,299

Median household income

$49,142$57,119

Median home value

$144,200$244,000

Median gross rent

$695$914

Washington

Population

14,01414,948

Median household income

$60,882$78,510

Median home value

$165,000$217,500

Median gross rent

$762$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pacific	Washington
Under 5	5.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pacific	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	6.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	10.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pacific	Washington
No high school diploma	10.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pacific	Washington
Drove alone	85.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pacific	Washington
1-unit, detached	62.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	10.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Pacific	Washington
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.01	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1985	1978