Catron vs Risco

A side-by-side comparison of Catron and Risco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Risco has the higher population (243 vs 52 in Catron). Risco has the higher median household income ($43,125 vs $41,042 in Catron). Since 2019, Catron's population has grown faster (+36.8% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Catron	Risco
Population	52	243
Median age	49.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$43,125
Median home value	—	$72,700
Median gross rent	—	$668
Housing units	36	152
Homeownership rate	79.3%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catron	Risco
Population	38 → 52 (+36.8%)	392 → 243 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$23,750 → $41,042 (+72.8%)	$43,125 → $43,125 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $19,000 (+90.0%)	$61,000 → $72,700 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$715 → $668 (-6.6%)

Catron

Population

3852

Median household income

$23,750$41,042

Median home value

$9,999$19,000

Risco

Population

392243

Median household income

$43,125$43,125

Median home value

$61,000$72,700

Median gross rent

$715$668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catron	Risco
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	25.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	1.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	3.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	17.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	5.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.4%
65 to 74	21.2%	19.8%
75 and over	11.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catron	Risco
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	0.0%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catron	Risco
No high school diploma	21.1%	13.3%
High school graduate	47.4%	62.4%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catron	Risco
Drove alone	90.5%	97.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catron	Risco
1-unit, detached	38.9%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
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	61.1%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Catron	Risco
Poverty rate	28.8%	24.7%
Average household size	1.79	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1987	1967