Chillicothe vs Chula

A side-by-side comparison of Chillicothe and Chula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chillicothe has the higher population (9,129 vs 150 in Chula). Chillicothe has the higher median household income ($51,231 vs $39,792 in Chula). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $75,500 in Chula).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Chula
Population	9,129	150
Median age	37.7 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,231	$39,792
Median home value	$119,900	$75,500
Median gross rent	$767	$583
Housing units	3,990	87
Homeownership rate	58.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Chula
Population	9,162 → 9,129 (-0.4%)	198 → 150 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$40,822 → $51,231 (+25.5%)	$34,375 → $39,792 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $119,900 (+31.5%)	$62,000 → $75,500 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $767 (+13.1%)	$546 → $583 (+6.8%)

Chillicothe

Population

9,1629,129

Median household income

$40,822$51,231

Median home value

$91,200$119,900

Median gross rent

$678$767

Chula

Population

198150

Median household income

$34,375$39,792

Median home value

$62,000$75,500

Median gross rent

$546$583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Chula
Under 5	5.2%	12.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	22.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.3%
75 and over	9.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Chula
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	92.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Chula
No high school diploma	14.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.9%	57.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Chula
Drove alone	86.8%	92.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.8%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	1.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Chula
1-unit, detached	78.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Chula
Poverty rate	16.3%	22.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1962	1948