Pierce City vs Stotts City

A side-by-side comparison of Pierce City and Stotts City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierce City has the higher population (1,472 vs 249 in Stotts City). Stotts City has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $45,000 in Pierce City). Pierce City has the higher median home value ($112,000 vs $72,500 in Stotts City).

Population, income & housing

	Pierce City	Stotts City
Population	1,472	249
Median age	31.6 yrs	28.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$58,750
Median home value	$112,000	$72,500
Median gross rent	$779	—
Housing units	567	68
Homeownership rate	64.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	0.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierce City	Stotts City
Population	1,271 → 1,472 (+15.8%)	137 → 249 (+81.8%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $45,000 (+20.0%)	$52,813 → $58,750 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $112,000 (+27.6%)	$37,100 → $72,500 (+95.4%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $779 (+21.3%)	$650 → $688 (+5.8%)

Pierce City

Population

1,2711,472

Median household income

$37,500$45,000

Median home value

$87,800$112,000

Median gross rent

$642$779

Stotts City

Population

137249

Median household income

$52,813$58,750

Median home value

$37,100$72,500

Median gross rent

$650$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierce City	Stotts City
Under 5	7.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	30.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	20.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	5.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	16.5%
55 to 64	7.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	3.8%	3.6%
75 and over	4.8%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierce City	Stotts City
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierce City	Stotts City
No high school diploma	17.0%	25.6%
High school graduate	55.6%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierce City	Stotts City
Drove alone	63.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	24.2%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierce City	Stotts City
1-unit, detached	69.7%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	45.6%

Poverty & households

	Pierce City	Stotts City
Poverty rate	29.1%	28.5%
Average household size	2.94	4.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1967	1992