Wellston vs Winchester

A side-by-side comparison of Wellston and Winchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winchester has the higher population (1,914 vs 1,690 in Wellston). Winchester has the higher median household income ($87,344 vs $39,474 in Wellston). Since 2019, Winchester's population has grown faster (+39.9% vs -12.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Wellston	Winchester
Population	1,690	1,914
Median age	38.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,474	$87,344
Median home value	—	$209,300
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,547
Housing units	1,045	704
Homeownership rate	51.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wellston	Winchester
Population	1,932 → 1,690 (-12.5%)	1,368 → 1,914 (+39.9%)
Median household income	$25,355 → $39,474 (+55.7%)	$62,833 → $87,344 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $34,000 (-10.5%)	$142,200 → $209,300 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,053 (+13.5%)	$1,210 → $1,547 (+27.9%)

Wellston

Population

1,9321,690

Median household income

$25,355$39,474

Median home value

$38,000$34,000

Median gross rent

$928$1,053

Winchester

Population

1,3681,914

Median household income

$62,833$87,344

Median home value

$142,200$209,300

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,547

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wellston	Winchester
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	15.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.6%
55 to 64	24.6%	7.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	4.6%
75 and over	3.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wellston	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	4.0%	52.9%
Black or African American	91.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	12.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wellston	Winchester
No high school diploma	11.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	52.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wellston	Winchester
Drove alone	80.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	7.2%
Public transit	12.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wellston	Winchester
1-unit, detached	68.8%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Wellston	Winchester
Poverty rate	35.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.19	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1952	1963