Anniston vs East Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Anniston and East Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Prairie has the higher population (2,930 vs 262 in Anniston). Anniston has the higher median household income ($34,615 vs $31,159 in East Prairie). East Prairie has the higher median home value ($58,000 vs $51,700 in Anniston).

Population, income & housing

	Anniston	East Prairie
Population	262	2,930
Median age	37.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,615	$31,159
Median home value	$51,700	$58,000
Median gross rent	$1,281	$825
Housing units	125	1,520
Homeownership rate	86.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anniston	East Prairie
Population	155 → 262 (+69.0%)	3,006 → 2,930 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$27,875 → $34,615 (+24.2%)	$25,000 → $31,159 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$35,900 → $51,700 (+44.0%)	$69,600 → $58,000 (-16.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,111 → $1,281 (+15.3%)	$554 → $825 (+48.9%)

Anniston

Population

155262

Median household income

$27,875$34,615

Median home value

$35,900$51,700

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,281

East Prairie

Population

3,0062,930

Median household income

$25,000$31,159

Median home value

$69,600$58,000

Median gross rent

$554$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anniston	East Prairie
Under 5	7.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.2%
18 to 24	11.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	2.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	5.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.8%	14.0%
75 and over	30.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anniston	East Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anniston	East Prairie
No high school diploma	13.7%	27.4%
High school graduate	57.8%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anniston	East Prairie
Drove alone	100.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anniston	East Prairie
1-unit, detached	73.6%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Anniston	East Prairie
Poverty rate	31.3%	30.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	13	20
Median year structure built	1976	1972