Steele vs Wardell

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

Steele and Wardell 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 455 in Wardell). Wardell has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $33,750 in Steele). Steele has the higher median home value ($115,900 vs $51,300 in Wardell).

Population, income & housing

	Steele	Wardell
Population	1,449	455
Median age	34.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$48,500
Median home value	$115,900	$51,300
Median gross rent	$729	$850
Housing units	807	194
Homeownership rate	51.0%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	22.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steele	Wardell
Population	1,976 → 1,449 (-26.7%)	295 → 455 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$30,577 → $33,750 (+10.4%)	$41,985 → $48,500 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $115,900 (+30.2%)	$49,700 → $51,300 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $729 (+38.9%)	$488 → $850 (+74.2%)

Steele

Population

1,9761,449

Median household income

$30,577$33,750

Median home value

$89,000$115,900

Median gross rent

$525$729

Wardell

Population

295455

Median household income

$41,985$48,500

Median home value

$49,700$51,300

Median gross rent

$488$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Steele	Wardell
Under 5	7.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	18.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	12.7%
75 and over	10.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steele	Wardell
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	15.5%	0.7%
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	8.5%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steele	Wardell
No high school diploma	14.0%	20.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steele	Wardell
Drove alone	72.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	16.6%	12.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steele	Wardell
1-unit, detached	86.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Steele	Wardell
Poverty rate	27.5%	37.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1970	1953