Conception vs Elmo

A side-by-side comparison of Conception and Elmo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 206. Elmo has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $46,750 in Conception). Conception has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $91,400 in Elmo).

Population, income & housing

	Conception	Elmo
Population	206	206
Median age	24.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,750	$65,179
Median home value	$106,300	$91,400
Median gross rent	—	$904
Housing units	24	111
Homeownership rate	82.6%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conception	Elmo
Population	289 → 206 (-28.7%)	110 → 206 (+87.3%)
Median household income	$57,188 → $46,750 (-18.3%)	$27,188 → $65,179 (+139.7%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $106,300 (+51.9%)	$40,900 → $91,400 (+123.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$333 → $904 (+171.5%)

Conception

Population

289206

Median household income

$57,188$46,750

Median home value

$70,000$106,300

Elmo

Population

110206

Median household income

$27,188$65,179

Median home value

$40,900$91,400

Median gross rent

$333$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conception	Elmo
Under 5	2.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	3.4%	31.1%
18 to 24	44.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	16.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	7.8%
55 to 64	5.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	5.3%	2.9%
75 and over	9.7%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conception	Elmo
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	73.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	26.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conception	Elmo
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	18.8%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	38.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conception	Elmo
Drove alone	58.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	1.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conception	Elmo
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Conception	Elmo
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1955	1938