Josephville vs West Alton

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

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

Josephville has the higher population (646 vs 511 in West Alton). West Alton has the higher median household income ($128,438 vs $111,875 in Josephville). Josephville has the higher median home value ($478,100 vs $156,300 in West Alton).

Population, income & housing

	Josephville	West Alton
Population	646	511
Median age	46.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,875	$128,438
Median home value	$478,100	$156,300
Median gross rent	$778	$1,313
Housing units	242	223
Homeownership rate	81.7%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Josephville	West Alton
Population	472 → 646 (+36.9%)	388 → 511 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$93,563 → $111,875 (+19.6%)	$41,563 → $128,438 (+209.0%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $478,100 (+74.8%)	$104,700 → $156,300 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $778 (+13.1%)	$505 → $1,313 (+160.0%)

Josephville

Population

472646

Median household income

$93,563$111,875

Median home value

$273,500$478,100

Median gross rent

$688$778

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)

	Josephville	West Alton
Under 5	1.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	26.0%	26.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	21.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	21.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.8%
75 and over	5.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Josephville	West Alton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	98.0%
Black or African American	13.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Josephville	West Alton
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.6%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Josephville	West Alton
Drove alone	61.6%	89.4%
Carpooled	3.9%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Josephville	West Alton
1-unit, detached	84.3%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Josephville	West Alton
Poverty rate	17.5%	1.8%
Average household size	2.75	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1999	1963