East Prairie vs Wilson City

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

East Prairie and Wilson City 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 91 in Wilson City). Wilson City has the higher median home value ($64,700 vs $58,000 in East Prairie). Since 2019, Wilson City's population has grown faster (+175.8% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	East Prairie	Wilson City
Population	2,930	91
Median age	40.6 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,159	—
Median home value	$58,000	$64,700
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	1,520	69
Homeownership rate	42.5%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Prairie	Wilson City
Population	3,006 → 2,930 (-2.5%)	33 → 91 (+175.8%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $31,159 (+24.6%)	—
Median home value	$69,600 → $58,000 (-16.7%)	$9,999 → $64,700 (+547.1%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $825 (+48.9%)	$746 → $715 (-4.2%)

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

Wilson City

Population

3391

Median home value

$9,999$64,700

Median gross rent

$746$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Prairie	Wilson City
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	28.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	7.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	31.9%
75 and over	6.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Prairie	Wilson City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	64.8%
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	5.1%	35.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Prairie	Wilson City
No high school diploma	27.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	46.1%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Prairie	Wilson City
1-unit, detached	68.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	East Prairie	Wilson City
Poverty rate	30.7%	42.9%
Average household size	2.17	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1972	1961