Elmo vs Parnell

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

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

Parnell has the higher population (213 vs 206 in Elmo). Elmo has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $42,500 in Parnell). Since 2019, Elmo's population has grown faster (+87.3% vs +10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Elmo	Parnell
Population	206	213
Median age	33.3 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,179	$42,500
Median home value	$91,400	—
Median gross rent	$904	$370
Housing units	111	124
Homeownership rate	70.6%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmo	Parnell
Population	110 → 206 (+87.3%)	193 → 213 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $65,179 (+139.7%)	$38,854 → $42,500 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$40,900 → $91,400 (+123.5%)	$68,300 → $55,700 (-18.4%)
Median gross rent	$333 → $904 (+171.5%)	$628 → $370 (-41.1%)

Elmo

Population

110206

Median household income

$27,188$65,179

Median home value

$40,900$91,400

Median gross rent

$333$904

Parnell

Population

193213

Median household income

$38,854$42,500

Median home value

$68,300$55,700

Median gross rent

$628$370

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmo	Parnell
Under 5	1.5%	10.8%
5 to 17	31.1%	23.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	2.9%	8.0%
75 and over	2.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmo	Parnell
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	26.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmo	Parnell
No high school diploma	7.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	49.6%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmo	Parnell
Drove alone	78.8%	89.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	9.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmo	Parnell
1-unit, detached	85.6%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	33.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Elmo	Parnell
Poverty rate	6.8%	17.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1938	1970