Curryville vs Paynesville

A side-by-side comparison of Curryville and Paynesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Curryville has the higher population (214 vs 49 in Paynesville). Paynesville has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $47,500 in Curryville). Paynesville has the higher median home value ($104,200 vs $58,900 in Curryville).

Population, income & housing

	Curryville	Paynesville
Population	214	49
Median age	33.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$58,750
Median home value	$58,900	$104,200
Median gross rent	$700	—
Housing units	72	27
Homeownership rate	75.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Curryville	Paynesville
Population	237 → 214 (-9.7%)	41 → 49 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$37,656 → $47,500 (+26.1%)	$36,750 → $58,750 (+59.9%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $58,900 (+57.1%)	$85,000 → $104,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $700 (+17.4%)	—

Curryville

Population

237214

Median household income

$37,656$47,500

Median home value

$37,500$58,900

Median gross rent

$596$700

Paynesville

Population

4149

Median household income

$36,750$58,750

Median home value

$85,000$104,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Curryville	Paynesville
Under 5	6.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	8.2%
18 to 24	14.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	14.3%
75 and over	4.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Curryville	Paynesville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	75.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Curryville	Paynesville
No high school diploma	19.8%	19.5%
High school graduate	61.2%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	8.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Curryville	Paynesville
Drove alone	91.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Curryville	Paynesville
1-unit, detached	58.3%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.8%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Curryville	Paynesville
Poverty rate	20.1%	10.2%
Average household size	3.34	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	19	39
Median year structure built	1983	1976