Risco vs Tallapoosa

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

Risco and Tallapoosa 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 69 in Tallapoosa). Tallapoosa has the higher median household income ($58,500 vs $43,125 in Risco). Since 2019, Tallapoosa's population has grown faster (-28.1% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Risco	Tallapoosa
Population	243	69
Median age	47.2 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,125	$58,500
Median home value	$72,700	—
Median gross rent	$668	—
Housing units	152	37
Homeownership rate	81.2%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Risco	Tallapoosa
Population	392 → 243 (-38.0%)	96 → 69 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $43,125 (+0.0%)	$44,000 → $58,500 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $72,700 (+19.2%)	$23,300 → $24,100 (+3.4%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $668 (-6.6%)	—

Risco

Population

392243

Median household income

$43,125$43,125

Median home value

$61,000$72,700

Median gross rent

$715$668

Tallapoosa

Population

9669

Median household income

$44,000$58,500

Median home value

$23,300$24,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Risco	Tallapoosa
Under 5	3.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	13.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	1.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	31.9%
55 to 64	7.4%	7.2%
65 to 74	19.8%	11.6%
75 and over	7.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Risco	Tallapoosa
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	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	11.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Risco	Tallapoosa
No high school diploma	13.3%	26.5%
High school graduate	62.4%	67.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Risco	Tallapoosa
Drove alone	97.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	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)

	Risco	Tallapoosa
1-unit, detached	82.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	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	16.4%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Risco	Tallapoosa
Poverty rate	24.7%	14.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1967	1979