Elmira vs Rayville

A side-by-side comparison of Elmira and Rayville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rayville has the higher population (232 vs 24 in Elmira). Elmira has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $33,511 in Rayville). Elmira has the higher median home value ($165,600 vs $54,000 in Rayville).

Population, income & housing

	Elmira	Rayville
Population	24	232
Median age	44.5 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$33,511
Median home value	$165,600	$54,000
Housing units	15	119
Homeownership rate	70.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	31.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmira	Rayville
Population	34 → 24 (-29.4%)	282 → 232 (-17.7%)
Median home value	$129,200 → $165,600 (+28.2%)	$48,500 → $54,000 (+11.3%)

Elmira

Population

3424

Median home value

$129,200$165,600

Rayville

Population

282232

Median home value

$48,500$54,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmira	Rayville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	25.0%	25.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	33.3%	49.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.4%
75 and over	4.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmira	Rayville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmira	Rayville
No high school diploma	16.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	55.6%	86.2%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmira	Rayville
Drove alone	76.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmira	Rayville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmira	Rayville
Poverty rate	12.5%	13.8%
Average household size	2.40	1.95
Median year structure built	1958	1964