Chillicothe vs Utica

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

Chillicothe and Utica 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 199 in Utica). Utica has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $51,231 in Chillicothe). Chillicothe has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $98,600 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Chillicothe	Utica
Population	9,129	199
Median age	37.7 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,231	$75,000
Median home value	$119,900	$98,600
Median gross rent	$767	—
Housing units	3,990	120
Homeownership rate	58.6%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chillicothe	Utica
Population	9,162 → 9,129 (-0.4%)	164 → 199 (+21.3%)
Median household income	$40,822 → $51,231 (+25.5%)	$48,333 → $75,000 (+55.2%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $119,900 (+31.5%)	$66,800 → $98,600 (+47.6%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $767 (+13.1%)	—

Chillicothe

Population

9,1629,129

Median household income

$40,822$51,231

Median home value

$91,200$119,900

Median gross rent

$678$767

Utica

Population

164199

Median household income

$48,333$75,000

Median home value

$66,800$98,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chillicothe	Utica
Under 5	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	1.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	2.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	45.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.1%
75 and over	9.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chillicothe	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	87.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chillicothe	Utica
No high school diploma	14.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	43.9%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chillicothe	Utica
Drove alone	86.8%	91.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chillicothe	Utica
1-unit, detached	78.0%	84.2%
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%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Chillicothe	Utica
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.25	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1962	1962