Catron vs Tallapoosa

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

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

Tallapoosa has the higher population (69 vs 52 in Catron). Tallapoosa has the higher median household income ($58,500 vs $41,042 in Catron). Since 2019, Catron's population has grown faster (+36.8% vs -28.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Catron	Tallapoosa
Population	52	69
Median age	49.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$58,500
Housing units	36	37
Homeownership rate	79.3%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catron	Tallapoosa
Population	38 → 52 (+36.8%)	96 → 69 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$23,750 → $41,042 (+72.8%)	$44,000 → $58,500 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $19,000 (+90.0%)	$23,300 → $24,100 (+3.4%)

Catron

Population

3852

Median household income

$23,750$41,042

Median home value

$9,999$19,000

Tallapoosa

Population

9669

Median household income

$44,000$58,500

Median home value

$23,300$24,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catron	Tallapoosa
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	25.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	1.9%	13.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	1.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	5.8%	31.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	21.2%	11.6%
75 and over	11.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catron	Tallapoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	92.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catron	Tallapoosa
No high school diploma	21.1%	26.5%
High school graduate	47.4%	67.3%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catron	Tallapoosa
Drove alone	90.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
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	Tallapoosa
1-unit, detached	38.9%	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	61.1%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Catron	Tallapoosa
Poverty rate	28.8%	14.5%
Average household size	1.79	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	17	37
Median year structure built	1987	1979