Des Arc vs Pilot Knob

A side-by-side comparison of Des Arc and Pilot Knob: population, income, housing, and more.

Des Arc and Pilot Knob are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pilot Knob has the higher population (757 vs 193 in Des Arc). Des Arc has the higher median household income ($62,188 vs $44,853 in Pilot Knob). Pilot Knob has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $81,700 in Des Arc).

Population, income & housing

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
Population	193	757
Median age	26.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,188	$44,853
Median home value	$81,700	$108,700
Median gross rent	—	$673
Housing units	85	375
Homeownership rate	79.4%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
Population	200 → 193 (-3.5%)	828 → 757 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $62,188 (+148.8%)	$33,125 → $44,853 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$41,700 → $81,700 (+95.9%)	$88,400 → $108,700 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$622 → $673 (+8.2%)

Des Arc

Population

200193

Median household income

$25,000$62,188

Median home value

$41,700$81,700

Pilot Knob

Population

828757

Median household income

$33,125$44,853

Median home value

$88,400$108,700

Median gross rent

$622$673

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
Under 5	6.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	18.1%	12.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	10.6%
75 and over	2.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
No high school diploma	15.1%	20.9%
High school graduate	48.1%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
Drove alone	83.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
1-unit, detached	85.9%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Des Arc	Pilot Knob
Poverty rate	29.5%	18.4%
Average household size	3.06	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1951	1972