Alba vs Sarcoxie

A side-by-side comparison of Alba and Sarcoxie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sarcoxie has the higher population (1,344 vs 654 in Alba). Alba has the higher median household income ($50,662 vs $37,868 in Sarcoxie). Alba has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $79,500 in Sarcoxie).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Sarcoxie
Population	654	1,344
Median age	27.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,662	$37,868
Median home value	$87,000	$79,500
Median gross rent	$843	—
Housing units	267	599
Homeownership rate	71.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Sarcoxie
Population	681 → 654 (-4.0%)	1,682 → 1,344 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$42,656 → $50,662 (+18.8%)	$45,179 → $37,868 (-16.2%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $87,000 (+15.5%)	$61,600 → $79,500 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $843 (+2.9%)	$668 → $481 (-28.0%)

Alba

Population

681654

Median household income

$42,656$50,662

Median home value

$75,300$87,000

Median gross rent

$819$843

Sarcoxie

Population

1,6821,344

Median household income

$45,179$37,868

Median home value

$61,600$79,500

Median gross rent

$668$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alba	Sarcoxie
Under 5	12.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	29.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	7.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Sarcoxie
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Sarcoxie
No high school diploma	20.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	34.4%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Sarcoxie
Drove alone	93.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Sarcoxie
1-unit, detached	76.4%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Sarcoxie
Poverty rate	30.6%	27.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1978	1971