Saginaw vs Stella

A side-by-side comparison of Saginaw and Stella: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saginaw has the higher population (347 vs 252 in Stella). Saginaw has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $39,345 in Stella). Since 2019, Stella's population has grown faster (+64.7% vs -5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Saginaw	Stella
Population	347	252
Median age	41.5 yrs	13.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$39,345
Median home value	$164,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,056	$592
Housing units	162	84
Homeownership rate	84.2%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	0.9%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saginaw	Stella
Population	367 → 347 (-5.4%)	153 → 252 (+64.7%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $54,167 (+6.6%)	$23,125 → $39,345 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$147,400 → $164,700 (+11.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$792 → $1,056 (+33.3%)	$575 → $592 (+3.0%)

Saginaw

Population

367347

Median household income

$50,833$54,167

Median home value

$147,400$164,700

Median gross rent

$792$1,056

Stella

Population

153252

Median household income

$23,125$39,345

Median gross rent

$575$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Saginaw	Stella
Under 5	8.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	52.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	1.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.9%
75 and over	8.9%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saginaw	Stella
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saginaw	Stella
No high school diploma	4.5%	18.3%
High school graduate	39.4%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saginaw	Stella
Drove alone	76.8%	83.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.9%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saginaw	Stella
1-unit, detached	88.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Saginaw	Stella
Poverty rate	11.2%	76.0%
Average household size	2.38	4.13
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1984	1938