Eldon vs St. Elizabeth

A side-by-side comparison of Eldon and St. Elizabeth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eldon has the higher population (4,486 vs 592 in St. Elizabeth). St. Elizabeth has the higher median household income ($93,438 vs $39,202 in Eldon). St. Elizabeth has the higher median home value ($270,700 vs $116,900 in Eldon).

Population, income & housing

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
Population	4,486	592
Median age	41.2 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,202	$93,438
Median home value	$116,900	$270,700
Median gross rent	$809	—
Housing units	2,294	154
Homeownership rate	70.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
Population	4,636 → 4,486 (-3.2%)	378 → 592 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$37,885 → $39,202 (+3.5%)	$78,750 → $93,438 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$83,600 → $116,900 (+39.8%)	$123,400 → $270,700 (+119.4%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $809 (+17.8%)	$619 → $910 (+47.0%)

Eldon

Population

4,6364,486

Median household income

$37,885$39,202

Median home value

$83,600$116,900

Median gross rent

$687$809

St. Elizabeth

Population

378592

Median household income

$78,750$93,438

Median home value

$123,400$270,700

Median gross rent

$619$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
Under 5	3.8%	13.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	24.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	16.2%	8.8%
75 and over	10.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
Drove alone	83.3%	70.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	18.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
1-unit, detached	72.8%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldon	St. Elizabeth
Poverty rate	13.4%	2.6%
Average household size	2.14	3.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1976	1981