Houstonia vs Hughesville

A side-by-side comparison of Houstonia and Hughesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houstonia has the higher population (255 vs 154 in Hughesville). Hughesville has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $37,396 in Houstonia). Hughesville has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $48,900 in Houstonia).

Population, income & housing

	Houstonia	Hughesville
Population	255	154
Median age	54.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,396	$53,333
Median home value	$48,900	$80,000
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	169	75
Homeownership rate	95.9%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houstonia	Hughesville
Population	124 → 255 (+105.6%)	203 → 154 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $37,396 (-45.6%)	$48,750 → $53,333 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $48,900 (-26.2%)	$85,700 → $80,000 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $850 (+14.6%)	$930 → $758 (-18.5%)

Houstonia

Population

124255

Median household income

$68,750$37,396

Median home value

$66,300$48,900

Median gross rent

$742$850

Hughesville

Population

203154

Median household income

$48,750$53,333

Median home value

$85,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$930$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houstonia	Hughesville
Under 5	3.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	9.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.3%
25 to 34	7.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	3.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	33.7%	27.3%
65 to 74	4.3%	4.5%
75 and over	11.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houstonia	Hughesville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houstonia	Hughesville
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houstonia	Hughesville
Drove alone	85.1%	91.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houstonia	Hughesville
1-unit, detached	88.8%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	34.7%

Poverty & households

	Houstonia	Hughesville
Poverty rate	8.6%	20.1%
Average household size	1.76	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1955	1990