Houstonia vs Smithton

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

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

Smithton has the higher population (509 vs 255 in Houstonia). Smithton has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $37,396 in Houstonia). Smithton has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $48,900 in Houstonia).

Population, income & housing

	Houstonia	Smithton
Population	255	509
Median age	54.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,396	$51,875
Median home value	$48,900	$87,500
Median gross rent	$850	$920
Housing units	169	211
Homeownership rate	95.9%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houstonia	Smithton
Population	124 → 255 (+105.6%)	508 → 509 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $37,396 (-45.6%)	$51,250 → $51,875 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $48,900 (-26.2%)	$74,700 → $87,500 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $850 (+14.6%)	$717 → $920 (+28.3%)

Houstonia

Population

124255

Median household income

$68,750$37,396

Median home value

$66,300$48,900

Median gross rent

$742$850

Smithton

Population

508509

Median household income

$51,250$51,875

Median home value

$74,700$87,500

Median gross rent

$717$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houstonia	Smithton
Under 5	3.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	9.8%	25.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	18.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	33.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	4.3%	4.9%
75 and over	11.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houstonia	Smithton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houstonia	Smithton
No high school diploma	12.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.2%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houstonia	Smithton
Drove alone	85.1%	93.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houstonia	Smithton
1-unit, detached	88.8%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houstonia	Smithton
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.5%
Average household size	1.76	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1955	1966