Knox City vs Novelty

A side-by-side comparison of Knox City and Novelty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knox City has the higher population (143 vs 103 in Novelty). Novelty has the higher median household income ($83,409 vs $43,500 in Knox City). Novelty has the higher median home value ($67,500 vs $57,500 in Knox City).

Population, income & housing

	Knox City	Novelty
Population	143	103
Median age	51.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,500	$83,409
Median home value	$57,500	$67,500
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	81	65
Homeownership rate	85.4%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox City	Novelty
Population	266 → 143 (-46.2%)	150 → 103 (-31.3%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $43,500 (+28.9%)	$43,438 → $83,409 (+92.0%)
Median home value	$33,600 → $57,500 (+71.1%)	$41,400 → $67,500 (+63.0%)
Median gross rent	$338 → $725 (+114.5%)	—

Knox City

Population

266143

Median household income

$33,750$43,500

Median home value

$33,600$57,500

Median gross rent

$338$725

Novelty

Population

150103

Median household income

$43,438$83,409

Median home value

$41,400$67,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knox City	Novelty
Under 5	0.7%	23.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	25.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.8%	22.3%
45 to 54	25.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	16.1%	11.7%
75 and over	7.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox City	Novelty
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox City	Novelty
No high school diploma	6.5%	18.6%
High school graduate	68.5%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	10.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox City	Novelty
Drove alone	89.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	25.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox City	Novelty
1-unit, detached	91.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Knox City	Novelty
Poverty rate	0.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.98	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1938	1945