Houstonia vs Sedalia

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

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

Sedalia has the higher population (21,869 vs 255 in Houstonia). Sedalia has the higher median household income ($50,668 vs $37,396 in Houstonia). Sedalia has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $48,900 in Houstonia).

Population, income & housing

	Houstonia	Sedalia
Population	255	21,869
Median age	54.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,396	$50,668
Median home value	$48,900	$136,500
Median gross rent	$850	$854
Housing units	169	9,951
Homeownership rate	95.9%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houstonia	Sedalia
Population	124 → 255 (+105.6%)	21,633 → 21,869 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $37,396 (-45.6%)	$39,804 → $50,668 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $48,900 (-26.2%)	$90,500 → $136,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $850 (+14.6%)	$704 → $854 (+21.3%)

Houstonia

Population

124255

Median household income

$68,750$37,396

Median home value

$66,300$48,900

Median gross rent

$742$850

Sedalia

Population

21,63321,869

Median household income

$39,804$50,668

Median home value

$90,500$136,500

Median gross rent

$704$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houstonia	Sedalia
Under 5	3.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	9.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	33.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	4.3%	8.9%
75 and over	11.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houstonia	Sedalia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houstonia	Sedalia
No high school diploma	12.7%	15.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houstonia	Sedalia
Drove alone	85.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houstonia	Sedalia
1-unit, detached	88.8%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Houstonia	Sedalia
Poverty rate	8.6%	17.2%
Average household size	1.76	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1955	1964