Gainesville vs Theodosia

A side-by-side comparison of Gainesville and Theodosia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gainesville has the higher population (902 vs 138 in Theodosia). Theodosia has the higher median household income ($35,375 vs $31,087 in Gainesville). Theodosia has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $97,900 in Gainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gainesville	Theodosia
Population	902	138
Median age	42.9 yrs	63.1 yrs
Median household income	$31,087	$35,375
Median home value	$97,900	$113,800
Median gross rent	$602	—
Housing units	421	201
Homeownership rate	49.1%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	1.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gainesville	Theodosia
Population	608 → 902 (+48.4%)	164 → 138 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$10,469 → $31,087 (+196.9%)	$26,442 → $35,375 (+33.8%)
Median home value	$81,300 → $97,900 (+20.4%)	$85,000 → $113,800 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $602 (+6.0%)	$492 → $488 (-0.8%)

Gainesville

Population

608902

Median household income

$10,469$31,087

Median home value

$81,300$97,900

Median gross rent

$568$602

Theodosia

Population

164138

Median household income

$26,442$35,375

Median home value

$85,000$113,800

Median gross rent

$492$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gainesville	Theodosia
Under 5	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	2.2%
18 to 24	2.8%	1.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	4.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	42.0%
65 to 74	13.4%	17.4%
75 and over	11.3%	22.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gainesville	Theodosia
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	87.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gainesville	Theodosia
No high school diploma	21.8%	28.6%
High school graduate	51.2%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gainesville	Theodosia
Drove alone	69.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	12.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	14.3%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gainesville	Theodosia
1-unit, detached	68.4%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	33.8%

Poverty & households

	Gainesville	Theodosia
Poverty rate	24.4%	15.9%
Average household size	2.55	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1966	1978