Cottleville vs Josephville

A side-by-side comparison of Cottleville and Josephville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottleville has the higher population (5,750 vs 646 in Josephville). Cottleville has the higher median household income ($114,420 vs $111,875 in Josephville). Josephville has the higher median home value ($478,100 vs $381,900 in Cottleville).

Population, income & housing

	Cottleville	Josephville
Population	5,750	646
Median age	36.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,420	$111,875
Median home value	$381,900	$478,100
Median gross rent	$1,693	$778
Housing units	2,228	242
Homeownership rate	78.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottleville	Josephville
Population	5,200 → 5,750 (+10.6%)	472 → 646 (+36.9%)
Median household income	$108,036 → $114,420 (+5.9%)	$93,563 → $111,875 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$308,000 → $381,900 (+24.0%)	$273,500 → $478,100 (+74.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,241 → $1,693 (+36.4%)	$688 → $778 (+13.1%)

Cottleville

Population

5,2005,750

Median household income

$108,036$114,420

Median home value

$308,000$381,900

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,693

Josephville

Population

472646

Median household income

$93,563$111,875

Median home value

$273,500$478,100

Median gross rent

$688$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottleville	Josephville
Under 5	4.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	26.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	21.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.8%
75 and over	2.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottleville	Josephville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottleville	Josephville
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottleville	Josephville
Drove alone	75.5%	61.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	32.3%
Other means	4.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottleville	Josephville
1-unit, detached	68.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cottleville	Josephville
Poverty rate	3.3%	17.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	2011	1999