Sedalia vs Smithton

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

Sedalia and Smithton 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 509 in Smithton). Smithton has the higher median household income ($51,875 vs $50,668 in Sedalia). Sedalia has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $87,500 in Smithton).

Population, income & housing

	Sedalia	Smithton
Population	21,869	509
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,668	$51,875
Median home value	$136,500	$87,500
Median gross rent	$854	$920
Housing units	9,951	211
Homeownership rate	58.2%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sedalia	Smithton
Population	21,633 → 21,869 (+1.1%)	508 → 509 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$39,804 → $50,668 (+27.3%)	$51,250 → $51,875 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $136,500 (+50.8%)	$74,700 → $87,500 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $854 (+21.3%)	$717 → $920 (+28.3%)

Sedalia

Population

21,63321,869

Median household income

$39,804$50,668

Median home value

$90,500$136,500

Median gross rent

$704$854

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)

	Sedalia	Smithton
Under 5	8.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.1%	25.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	4.9%
75 and over	7.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sedalia	Smithton
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	92.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sedalia	Smithton
No high school diploma	15.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	35.9%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sedalia	Smithton
Drove alone	77.8%	93.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sedalia	Smithton
1-unit, detached	73.9%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sedalia	Smithton
Poverty rate	17.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1964	1966