Chaffee vs Kelso

A side-by-side comparison of Chaffee and Kelso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chaffee has the higher population (3,039 vs 593 in Kelso). Kelso has the higher median household income ($54,853 vs $41,024 in Chaffee). Kelso has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $120,900 in Chaffee).

Population, income & housing

	Chaffee	Kelso
Population	3,039	593
Median age	41.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,024	$54,853
Median home value	$120,900	$213,800
Median gross rent	$713	$810
Housing units	1,464	251
Homeownership rate	65.3%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaffee	Kelso
Population	2,919 → 3,039 (+4.1%)	592 → 593 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$42,113 → $41,024 (-2.6%)	$54,375 → $54,853 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $120,900 (+38.8%)	$179,200 → $213,800 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $713 (-8.9%)	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)

Chaffee

Population

2,9193,039

Median household income

$42,113$41,024

Median home value

$87,100$120,900

Median gross rent

$783$713

Kelso

Population

592593

Median household income

$54,375$54,853

Median home value

$179,200$213,800

Median gross rent

$692$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaffee	Kelso
Under 5	7.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	21.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	13.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	4.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	5.8%	15.0%
75 and over	11.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaffee	Kelso
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	98.8%
Black or African American	4.7%	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	6.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaffee	Kelso
No high school diploma	12.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	37.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaffee	Kelso
Drove alone	73.3%	89.1%
Carpooled	18.4%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.9%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaffee	Kelso
1-unit, detached	70.0%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chaffee	Kelso
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1965	1983