Denton vs Steele

A side-by-side comparison of Denton and Steele: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steele has the higher population (1,449 vs 142 in Denton). Denton has the higher median household income ($120,643 vs $33,750 in Steele). Denton has the higher median home value ($137,100 vs $115,900 in Steele).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Steele
Population	142	1,449
Median age	35.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,643	$33,750
Median home value	$137,100	$115,900
Median gross rent	—	$729
Housing units	52	807
Homeownership rate	100.0%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	22.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Steele
Population	93 → 142 (+52.7%)	1,976 → 1,449 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$107,989 → $120,643 (+11.7%)	$30,577 → $33,750 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $137,100 (+21.9%)	$89,000 → $115,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $729 (+38.9%)

Denton

Population

93142

Median household income

$107,989$120,643

Median home value

$112,500$137,100

Steele

Population

1,9761,449

Median household income

$30,577$33,750

Median home value

$89,000$115,900

Median gross rent

$525$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Steele
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	33.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.5%
35 to 44	48.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.5%
75 and over	12.0%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Steele
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	76.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.5%
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	0.0%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Steele
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	9.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	90.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Steele
Drove alone	100.0%	72.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Steele
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Steele
Poverty rate	0.0%	27.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1974	1970