Kelso vs Miner

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

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

Miner has the higher population (930 vs 593 in Kelso). Kelso has the higher median household income ($54,853 vs $52,375 in Miner). Kelso has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $132,800 in Miner).

Population, income & housing

	Kelso	Miner
Population	593	930
Median age	32.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,853	$52,375
Median home value	$213,800	$132,800
Median gross rent	$810	$610
Housing units	251	355
Homeownership rate	66.4%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelso	Miner
Population	592 → 593 (+0.2%)	1,039 → 930 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $54,853 (+0.9%)	$39,667 → $52,375 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$179,200 → $213,800 (+19.3%)	$88,400 → $132,800 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)	$567 → $610 (+7.6%)

Kelso

Population

592593

Median household income

$54,375$54,853

Median home value

$179,200$213,800

Median gross rent

$692$810

Miner

Population

1,039930

Median household income

$39,667$52,375

Median home value

$88,400$132,800

Median gross rent

$567$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kelso	Miner
Under 5	8.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	5.7%
45 to 54	4.7%	17.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.2%
75 and over	5.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelso	Miner
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	68.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelso	Miner
No high school diploma	3.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	36.5%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelso	Miner
Drove alone	89.1%	88.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelso	Miner
1-unit, detached	84.9%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Kelso	Miner
Poverty rate	12.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1983	1977