Chaffee vs Sikeston

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

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

Sikeston has the higher population (16,231 vs 3,039 in Chaffee). Sikeston has the higher median household income ($53,203 vs $41,024 in Chaffee). Sikeston has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $120,900 in Chaffee).

Population, income & housing

	Chaffee	Sikeston
Population	3,039	16,231
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,024	$53,203
Median home value	$120,900	$158,100
Median gross rent	$713	$827
Housing units	1,464	7,600
Homeownership rate	65.3%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chaffee	Sikeston
Population	2,919 → 3,039 (+4.1%)	16,200 → 16,231 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$42,113 → $41,024 (-2.6%)	$39,803 → $53,203 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $120,900 (+38.8%)	$121,400 → $158,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $713 (-8.9%)	$712 → $827 (+16.2%)

Chaffee

Population

2,9193,039

Median household income

$42,113$41,024

Median home value

$87,100$120,900

Median gross rent

$783$713

Sikeston

Population

16,20016,231

Median household income

$39,803$53,203

Median home value

$121,400$158,100

Median gross rent

$712$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chaffee	Sikeston
Under 5	7.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.8%	10.8%
75 and over	11.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chaffee	Sikeston
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	66.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chaffee	Sikeston
No high school diploma	12.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	37.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chaffee	Sikeston
Drove alone	73.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	18.4%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	3.1%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chaffee	Sikeston
1-unit, detached	70.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Chaffee	Sikeston
Poverty rate	14.1%	16.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1965	1975