Pomona vs West Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Pomona and West Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Plains has the higher population (12,341 vs 243 in Pomona). West Plains has the higher median household income ($39,897 vs $28,693 in Pomona). West Plains has the higher median home value ($158,700 vs $77,100 in Pomona).

Population, income & housing

	Pomona	West Plains
Population	243	12,341
Median age	59.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,693	$39,897
Median home value	$77,100	$158,700
Median gross rent	$667	$762
Housing units	117	5,571
Homeownership rate	54.7%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomona	West Plains
Population	369 → 243 (-34.1%)	12,233 → 12,341 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $28,693 (-0.2%)	$36,865 → $39,897 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $77,100 (+48.8%)	$99,700 → $158,700 (+59.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$624 → $762 (+22.1%)

Pomona

Population

369243

Median household income

$28,750$28,693

Median home value

$51,800$77,100

West Plains

Population

12,23312,341

Median household income

$36,865$39,897

Median home value

$99,700$158,700

Median gross rent

$624$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pomona	West Plains
Under 5	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	2.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	30.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	40.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.7%
75 and over	4.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomona	West Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomona	West Plains
No high school diploma	32.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomona	West Plains
Drove alone	84.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomona	West Plains
1-unit, detached	81.2%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Pomona	West Plains
Poverty rate	36.2%	31.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	54	17
Median year structure built	1979	1979