Hayti vs Steele

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

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

Hayti has the higher population (2,145 vs 1,449 in Steele). Steele has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $25,486 in Hayti). Steele has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $73,500 in Hayti).

Population, income & housing

	Hayti	Steele
Population	2,145	1,449
Median age	42.1 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$25,486	$33,750
Median home value	$73,500	$115,900
Median gross rent	$623	$729
Housing units	1,136	807
Homeownership rate	55.4%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	22.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayti	Steele
Population	2,652 → 2,145 (-19.1%)	1,976 → 1,449 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$23,563 → $25,486 (+8.2%)	$30,577 → $33,750 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $73,500 (+11.2%)	$89,000 → $115,900 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $623 (-6.2%)	$525 → $729 (+38.9%)

Hayti

Population

2,6522,145

Median household income

$23,563$25,486

Median home value

$66,100$73,500

Median gross rent

$664$623

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)

	Hayti	Steele
Under 5	6.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.5%
75 and over	12.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayti	Steele
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	76.1%
Black or African American	29.3%	15.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayti	Steele
No high school diploma	17.9%	14.0%
High school graduate	56.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayti	Steele
Drove alone	80.7%	72.6%
Carpooled	16.3%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayti	Steele
1-unit, detached	75.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hayti	Steele
Poverty rate	40.3%	27.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1968	1970