Canalou vs Tallapoosa

A side-by-side comparison of Canalou and Tallapoosa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canalou has the higher population (146 vs 69 in Tallapoosa). Since 2019, Tallapoosa's population has grown faster (-28.1% vs -32.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
Population	146	69
Median age	48.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,500
Median home value	$38,900	—
Housing units	93	37
Homeownership rate	80.6%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
Population	217 → 146 (-32.7%)	96 → 69 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$36,429 → $57,813 (+58.7%)	$44,000 → $58,500 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$29,400 → $38,900 (+32.3%)	$23,300 → $24,100 (+3.4%)

Canalou

Population

217146

Median household income

$36,429$57,813

Median home value

$29,400$38,900

Tallapoosa

Population

9669

Median household income

$44,000$58,500

Median home value

$23,300$24,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
Under 5	3.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	8.9%	10.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	13.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	1.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	41.1%	31.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.6%
75 and over	3.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	92.8%
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	13.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
No high school diploma	16.9%	26.5%
High school graduate	68.6%	67.3%
Some college or associate's	6.8%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
Drove alone	85.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
1-unit, detached	66.7%	86.5%
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	33.3%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Canalou	Tallapoosa
Poverty rate	15.1%	14.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1976	1979