Essex vs Penermon

A side-by-side comparison of Essex and Penermon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Essex has the higher population (373 vs 83 in Penermon). Essex has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $18,906 in Penermon). Essex has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $46,100 in Penermon).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Penermon
Population	373	83
Median age	44.8 yrs	14.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,854	$18,906
Median home value	$115,600	$46,100
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	259	51
Homeownership rate	74.9%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Penermon
Population	524 → 373 (-28.8%)	77 → 83 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $63,854 (+41.9%)	$17,019 → $18,906 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $115,600 (+50.5%)	$52,500 → $46,100 (-12.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $625 (-2.0%)	—

Essex

Population

524373

Median household income

$45,000$63,854

Median home value

$76,800$115,600

Median gross rent

$638$625

Penermon

Population

7783

Median household income

$17,019$18,906

Median home value

$52,500$46,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex	Penermon
Under 5	1.6%	22.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	30.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.3%	3.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.2%
75 and over	4.0%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Penermon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	100.0%
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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Penermon
No high school diploma	22.6%	75.7%
High school graduate	51.5%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Penermon
Drove alone	97.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Penermon
1-unit, detached	67.6%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Penermon
Poverty rate	17.3%	62.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1977	1962