Miner vs Sikeston

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

Miner 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 930 in Miner). Sikeston has the higher median household income ($53,203 vs $52,375 in Miner). Sikeston has the higher median home value ($158,100 vs $132,800 in Miner).

Population, income & housing

	Miner	Sikeston
Population	930	16,231
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,375	$53,203
Median home value	$132,800	$158,100
Median gross rent	$610	$827
Housing units	355	7,600
Homeownership rate	86.0%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miner	Sikeston
Population	1,039 → 930 (-10.5%)	16,200 → 16,231 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$39,667 → $52,375 (+32.0%)	$39,803 → $53,203 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $132,800 (+50.2%)	$121,400 → $158,100 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $610 (+7.6%)	$712 → $827 (+16.2%)

Miner

Population

1,039930

Median household income

$39,667$52,375

Median home value

$88,400$132,800

Median gross rent

$567$610

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)

	Miner	Sikeston
Under 5	7.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.8%
75 and over	9.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miner	Sikeston
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	66.1%
Black or African American	12.3%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miner	Sikeston
No high school diploma	11.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	56.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miner	Sikeston
Drove alone	88.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.1%
Other means	3.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miner	Sikeston
1-unit, detached	85.9%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Miner	Sikeston
Poverty rate	13.2%	16.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1977	1975