De Soto vs Herculaneum

A side-by-side comparison of De Soto and Herculaneum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

De Soto has the higher population (6,452 vs 4,925 in Herculaneum). Herculaneum has the higher median household income ($88,778 vs $46,181 in De Soto). Herculaneum has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $144,000 in De Soto).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Herculaneum
Population	6,452	4,925
Median age	32.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,181	$88,778
Median home value	$144,000	$222,100
Median gross rent	$828	$2,065
Housing units	3,075	1,891
Homeownership rate	58.9%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Herculaneum
Population	6,380 → 6,452 (+1.1%)	4,025 → 4,925 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$39,788 → $46,181 (+16.1%)	$65,449 → $88,778 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $144,000 (+28.3%)	$158,800 → $222,100 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $828 (+13.6%)	$1,699 → $2,065 (+21.5%)

De Soto

Population

6,3806,452

Median household income

$39,788$46,181

Median home value

$112,200$144,000

Median gross rent

$729$828

Herculaneum

Population

4,0254,925

Median household income

$65,449$88,778

Median home value

$158,800$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Soto	Herculaneum
Under 5	7.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.3%
75 and over	8.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Herculaneum
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	13.9%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Herculaneum
No high school diploma	11.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Herculaneum
Drove alone	75.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Herculaneum
1-unit, detached	70.1%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.2%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Herculaneum
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1966	2001