Chamois vs Westphalia

A side-by-side comparison of Chamois and Westphalia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Westphalia has the higher population (493 vs 417 in Chamois). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($62,438 vs $37,857 in Chamois). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($215,700 vs $57,000 in Chamois).

Population, income & housing

	Chamois	Westphalia
Population	417	493
Median age	39.7 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,857	$62,438
Median home value	$57,000	$215,700
Median gross rent	$705	$606
Housing units	224	203
Homeownership rate	79.7%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamois	Westphalia
Population	495 → 417 (-15.8%)	345 → 493 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $37,857 (-16.8%)	$36,875 → $62,438 (+69.3%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $57,000 (+22.8%)	$143,300 → $215,700 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $705 (+32.3%)	$479 → $606 (+26.5%)

Chamois

Population

495417

Median household income

$45,500$37,857

Median home value

$46,400$57,000

Median gross rent

$533$705

Westphalia

Population

345493

Median household income

$36,875$62,438

Median home value

$143,300$215,700

Median gross rent

$479$606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamois	Westphalia
Under 5	6.0%	17.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	7.5%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	32.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	2.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	5.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.3%
75 and over	8.6%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamois	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamois	Westphalia
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	54.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamois	Westphalia
Drove alone	58.1%	84.7%
Carpooled	23.5%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.7%
Other means	8.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamois	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	83.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chamois	Westphalia
Poverty rate	26.9%	3.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1955	1958