Defiance vs West Alton

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and West Alton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Alton has the higher population (511 vs 80 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median household income ($199,519 vs $128,438 in West Alton). Since 2019, West Alton's population has grown faster (+31.7% vs -14.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	West Alton
Population	80	511
Median age	59.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$199,519	$128,438
Median home value	—	$156,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,313
Housing units	39	223
Homeownership rate	76.9%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	West Alton
Population	93 → 80 (-14.0%)	388 → 511 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$53,015 → $199,519 (+276.3%)	$41,563 → $128,438 (+209.0%)
Median home value	—	$104,700 → $156,300 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$505 → $1,313 (+160.0%)

Defiance

Population

9380

Median household income

$53,015$199,519

West Alton

Population

388511

Median household income

$41,563$128,438

Median home value

$104,700$156,300

Median gross rent

$505$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	West Alton
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	23.8%	21.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	53.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.8%
75 and over	22.5%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	West Alton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	West Alton
No high school diploma	12.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	43.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	West Alton
Drove alone	100.0%	89.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	West Alton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	West Alton
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.05	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1998	1963