Elsberry vs Moscow Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Elsberry and Moscow Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moscow Mills has the higher population (3,647 vs 2,010 in Elsberry). Moscow Mills has the higher median household income ($68,451 vs $49,226 in Elsberry). Moscow Mills has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $113,300 in Elsberry).

Population, income & housing

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
Population	2,010	3,647
Median age	31.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,226	$68,451
Median home value	$113,300	$186,900
Median gross rent	$901	$980
Housing units	748	1,416
Homeownership rate	54.3%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
Population	2,303 → 2,010 (-12.7%)	3,034 → 3,647 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$35,991 → $49,226 (+36.8%)	$44,375 → $68,451 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $113,300 (+35.4%)	$95,900 → $186,900 (+94.9%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $901 (+14.2%)	$975 → $980 (+0.5%)

Elsberry

Population

2,3032,010

Median household income

$35,991$49,226

Median home value

$83,700$113,300

Median gross rent

$789$901

Moscow Mills

Population

3,0343,647

Median household income

$44,375$68,451

Median home value

$95,900$186,900

Median gross rent

$975$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
Under 5	6.6%	12.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	9.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	21.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.8%
75 and over	4.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	85.7%
Black or African American	5.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
Drove alone	79.2%	95.9%
Carpooled	13.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	1.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
1-unit, detached	73.0%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Elsberry	Moscow Mills
Poverty rate	24.9%	11.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1965	2000