Elmo vs Pickering

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

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

Elmo has the higher population (206 vs 171 in Pickering). Elmo has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $56,250 in Pickering). Elmo has the higher median home value ($91,400 vs $80,000 in Pickering).

Population, income & housing

	Elmo	Pickering
Population	206	171
Median age	33.3 yrs	28.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,179	$56,250
Median home value	$91,400	$80,000
Median gross rent	$904	$917
Housing units	111	91
Homeownership rate	70.6%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmo	Pickering
Population	110 → 206 (+87.3%)	153 → 171 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$27,188 → $65,179 (+139.7%)	$40,714 → $56,250 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$40,900 → $91,400 (+123.5%)	$50,900 → $80,000 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$333 → $904 (+171.5%)	$632 → $917 (+45.1%)

Elmo

Population

110206

Median household income

$27,188$65,179

Median home value

$40,900$91,400

Median gross rent

$333$904

Pickering

Population

153171

Median household income

$40,714$56,250

Median home value

$50,900$80,000

Median gross rent

$632$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmo	Pickering
Under 5	1.5%	7.0%
5 to 17	31.1%	25.1%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	22.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	2.9%	4.7%
75 and over	2.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmo	Pickering
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	26.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmo	Pickering
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	49.6%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	17.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmo	Pickering
Drove alone	78.8%	85.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	9.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmo	Pickering
1-unit, detached	85.6%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmo	Pickering
Poverty rate	6.8%	18.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1956