Kelso vs Morley

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

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

Kelso has the higher population (593 vs 575 in Morley). Kelso has the higher median household income ($54,853 vs $44,583 in Morley). Kelso has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $59,800 in Morley).

Population, income & housing

	Kelso	Morley
Population	593	575
Median age	32.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,853	$44,583
Median home value	$213,800	$59,800
Median gross rent	$810	$746
Housing units	251	285
Homeownership rate	66.4%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kelso	Morley
Population	592 → 593 (+0.2%)	762 → 575 (-24.5%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $54,853 (+0.9%)	$35,250 → $44,583 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$179,200 → $213,800 (+19.3%)	$87,700 → $59,800 (-31.8%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $810 (+17.1%)	$717 → $746 (+4.0%)

Kelso

Population

592593

Median household income

$54,375$54,853

Median home value

$179,200$213,800

Median gross rent

$692$810

Morley

Population

762575

Median household income

$35,250$44,583

Median home value

$87,700$59,800

Median gross rent

$717$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kelso	Morley
Under 5	8.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	4.7%	22.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.6%
75 and over	5.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kelso	Morley
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kelso	Morley
No high school diploma	3.2%	13.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kelso	Morley
Drove alone	89.1%	93.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kelso	Morley
1-unit, detached	84.9%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Kelso	Morley
Poverty rate	12.0%	21.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1983	1973