East Prairie vs Wyatt

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

East Prairie and Wyatt 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 233 in Wyatt). East Prairie has the higher median household income ($31,159 vs $21,875 in Wyatt). East Prairie has the higher median home value ($58,000 vs $37,100 in Wyatt).

Population, income & housing

	East Prairie	Wyatt
Population	2,930	233
Median age	40.6 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,159	$21,875
Median home value	$58,000	$37,100
Median gross rent	$825	$695
Housing units	1,520	135
Homeownership rate	42.5%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	24.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Prairie	Wyatt
Population	3,006 → 2,930 (-2.5%)	301 → 233 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$25,000 → $31,159 (+24.6%)	$37,604 → $21,875 (-41.8%)
Median home value	$69,600 → $58,000 (-16.7%)	$33,600 → $37,100 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $825 (+48.9%)	$623 → $695 (+11.6%)

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

Wyatt

Population

301233

Median household income

$37,604$21,875

Median home value

$33,600$37,100

Median gross rent

$623$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Prairie	Wyatt
Under 5	8.1%	19.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	3.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	4.7%
75 and over	6.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Prairie	Wyatt
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.7%
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%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Prairie	Wyatt
No high school diploma	27.4%	47.5%
High school graduate	46.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Prairie	Wyatt
Drove alone	74.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	8.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Prairie	Wyatt
1-unit, detached	68.2%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	East Prairie	Wyatt
Poverty rate	30.7%	48.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1972	1955