Dexter vs Puxico

A side-by-side comparison of Dexter and Puxico: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dexter has the higher population (7,906 vs 918 in Puxico). Puxico has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $47,647 in Dexter). Dexter has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $86,400 in Puxico).

Population, income & housing

	Dexter	Puxico
Population	7,906	918
Median age	38.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,647	$57,625
Median home value	$132,700	$86,400
Median gross rent	$717	$652
Housing units	3,758	401
Homeownership rate	56.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dexter	Puxico
Population	7,862 → 7,906 (+0.6%)	986 → 918 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$35,551 → $47,647 (+34.0%)	$41,667 → $57,625 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $132,700 (+50.8%)	$72,700 → $86,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)	$635 → $652 (+2.7%)

Dexter

Population

7,8627,906

Median household income

$35,551$47,647

Median home value

$88,000$132,700

Median gross rent

$619$717

Puxico

Population

986918

Median household income

$41,667$57,625

Median home value

$72,700$86,400

Median gross rent

$635$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dexter	Puxico
Under 5	8.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.3%
75 and over	10.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dexter	Puxico
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dexter	Puxico
No high school diploma	12.5%	14.5%
High school graduate	45.5%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dexter	Puxico
Drove alone	88.6%	91.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dexter	Puxico
1-unit, detached	76.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Dexter	Puxico
Poverty rate	23.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1970	1972