Essex vs Puxico

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

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

Puxico has the higher population (918 vs 373 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $57,625 in Puxico). Essex has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $86,400 in Puxico).

Population, income & housing

	Essex	Puxico
Population	373	918
Median age	44.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,854	$57,625
Median home value	$115,600	$86,400
Median gross rent	$625	$652
Housing units	259	401
Homeownership rate	74.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex	Puxico
Population	524 → 373 (-28.8%)	986 → 918 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $63,854 (+41.9%)	$41,667 → $57,625 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $115,600 (+50.5%)	$72,700 → $86,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $625 (-2.0%)	$635 → $652 (+2.7%)

Essex

Population

524373

Median household income

$45,000$63,854

Median home value

$76,800$115,600

Median gross rent

$638$625

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)

	Essex	Puxico
Under 5	1.6%	9.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	19.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.2%
45 to 54	22.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	8.3%
75 and over	4.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex	Puxico
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex	Puxico
No high school diploma	22.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	51.5%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex	Puxico
Drove alone	97.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	1.7%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex	Puxico
1-unit, detached	67.6%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Essex	Puxico
Poverty rate	17.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1977	1972