Homestead vs Rayville

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

Homestead 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 161 in Homestead). Homestead has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $33,511 in Rayville). Homestead has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $54,000 in Rayville).

Population, income & housing

	Homestead	Rayville
Population	161	232
Median age	47.8 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$33,511
Median home value	$95,000	$54,000
Median gross rent	$588	—
Housing units	77	119
Homeownership rate	82.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	31.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Homestead	Rayville
Population	145 → 161 (+11.0%)	282 → 232 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $63,750 (+54.5%)	—
Median home value	$61,700 → $95,000 (+54.0%)	$48,500 → $54,000 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $588 (-28.7%)	—

Homestead

Population

145161

Median household income

$41,250$63,750

Median home value

$61,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$825$588

Rayville

Population

282232

Median home value

$48,500$54,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Homestead	Rayville
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	15.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	25.0%
45 to 54	23.0%	13.8%
55 to 64	21.1%	49.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.4%
75 and over	3.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Homestead	Rayville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	8.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Homestead	Rayville
No high school diploma	17.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	56.1%	86.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	2.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Homestead	Rayville
Drove alone	61.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	22.9%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Homestead	Rayville
1-unit, detached	39.0%	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	61.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Homestead	Rayville
Poverty rate	4.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.78	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	39	—
Median year structure built	1982	1964