Sullivan vs Washington

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

Sullivan 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 6,355 in Sullivan). Washington has the higher median household income ($78,510 vs $60,137 in Sullivan). Washington has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $153,100 in Sullivan).

Population, income & housing

	Sullivan	Washington
Population	6,355	14,948
Median age	41.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,137	$78,510
Median home value	$153,100	$217,500
Median gross rent	$862	$846
Housing units	2,961	6,610
Homeownership rate	68.6%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sullivan	Washington
Population	6,564 → 6,355 (-3.2%)	14,014 → 14,948 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$35,789 → $60,137 (+68.0%)	$60,882 → $78,510 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$104,600 → $153,100 (+46.4%)	$165,000 → $217,500 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$684 → $862 (+26.0%)	$762 → $846 (+11.0%)

Sullivan

Population

6,5646,355

Median household income

$35,789$60,137

Median home value

$104,600$153,100

Median gross rent

$684$862

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)

	Sullivan	Washington
Under 5	6.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.4%
75 and over	10.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sullivan	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sullivan	Washington
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sullivan	Washington
Drove alone	75.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	12.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sullivan	Washington
1-unit, detached	76.9%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Sullivan	Washington
Poverty rate	12.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1975	1978