Hughesville vs Sedalia

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

Hughesville 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 154 in Hughesville). Hughesville has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $50,668 in Sedalia). Sedalia has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $80,000 in Hughesville).

Population, income & housing

	Hughesville	Sedalia
Population	154	21,869
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$50,668
Median home value	$80,000	$136,500
Median gross rent	—	$854
Housing units	75	9,951
Homeownership rate	85.7%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughesville	Sedalia
Population	203 → 154 (-24.1%)	21,633 → 21,869 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $53,333 (+9.4%)	$39,804 → $50,668 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $80,000 (-6.7%)	$90,500 → $136,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $758 (-18.5%)	$704 → $854 (+21.3%)

Hughesville

Population

203154

Median household income

$48,750$53,333

Median home value

$85,700$80,000

Median gross rent

$930$758

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)

	Hughesville	Sedalia
Under 5	5.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	14.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	3.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	27.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	8.9%
75 and over	9.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughesville	Sedalia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	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	1.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughesville	Sedalia
No high school diploma	11.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughesville	Sedalia
Drove alone	91.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughesville	Sedalia
1-unit, detached	56.0%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	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	34.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Hughesville	Sedalia
Poverty rate	20.1%	17.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1990	1964