Ritchey vs Stark City

A side-by-side comparison of Ritchey and Stark City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stark City has the higher population (125 vs 50 in Ritchey). Ritchey has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $56,458 in Stark City). Stark City has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $55,000 in Ritchey).

Population, income & housing

	Ritchey	Stark City
Population	50	125
Median age	32.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$56,458
Median home value	$55,000	$70,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,125
Housing units	37	55
Homeownership rate	76.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ritchey	Stark City
Population	45 → 50 (+11.1%)	119 → 125 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $61,250 (+30.1%)	$43,750 → $56,458 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $55,000 (+0.0%)	$47,500 → $70,000 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $1,125 (+18.4%)

Ritchey

Population

4550

Median household income

$47,083$61,250

Median home value

$55,000$55,000

Stark City

Population

119125

Median household income

$43,750$56,458

Median home value

$47,500$70,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ritchey	Stark City
Under 5	10.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.0%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	16.8%
25 to 34	22.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	4.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	27.2%
55 to 64	4.0%	19.2%
65 to 74	6.0%	3.2%
75 and over	18.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ritchey	Stark City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ritchey	Stark City
No high school diploma	14.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	26.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ritchey	Stark City
Drove alone	76.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	24.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ritchey	Stark City
1-unit, detached	83.8%	92.7%
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	16.2%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Ritchey	Stark City
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	34
Median year structure built	1958	1957