Ethel vs South Gifford

A side-by-side comparison of Ethel and South Gifford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ethel has the higher population (70 vs 14 in South Gifford). Since 2019, Ethel's population has grown faster (+141.4% vs -78.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ethel	South Gifford
Population	70	14
Median age	75.3 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$20,000
Median home value	—	$35,000
Housing units	64	14
Homeownership rate	97.8%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ethel	South Gifford
Population	29 → 70 (+141.4%)	65 → 14 (-78.5%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $2,499 (-92.0%)	—

Ethel

Population

2970

Median household income

$31,250$2,499

South Gifford

Population

6514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ethel	South Gifford
Under 5	1.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	35.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	4.3%	28.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	14.3%
75 and over	51.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ethel	South Gifford
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	78.6%
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	4.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ethel	South Gifford
No high school diploma	4.8%	18.2%
High school graduate	72.6%	72.7%
Some college or associate's	6.5%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ethel	South Gifford
Drove alone	76.5%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ethel	South Gifford
1-unit, detached	96.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Ethel	South Gifford
Poverty rate	52.9%	50.0%
Average household size	1.52	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	34	—
Median year structure built	1961	1960