Forsyth vs Kissee Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Forsyth and Kissee Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forsyth has the higher population (2,749 vs 1,182 in Kissee Mills). Kissee Mills has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $44,352 in Forsyth). Forsyth has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $135,500 in Kissee Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
Population	2,749	1,182
Median age	56.4 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,352	$53,250
Median home value	$185,900	$135,500
Median gross rent	$659	$700
Housing units	1,459	528
Homeownership rate	72.7%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
Population	2,549 → 2,749 (+7.8%)	1,036 → 1,182 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$39,476 → $44,352 (+12.4%)	$31,055 → $53,250 (+71.5%)
Median home value	$118,600 → $185,900 (+56.7%)	$78,800 → $135,500 (+72.0%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $659 (+0.0%)	—

Forsyth

Population

2,5492,749

Median household income

$39,476$44,352

Median home value

$118,600$185,900

Median gross rent

$659$659

Kissee Mills

Population

1,0361,182

Median household income

$31,055$53,250

Median home value

$78,800$135,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
Under 5	5.1%	1.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	19.4%	18.8%
75 and over	19.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	5.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
No high school diploma	12.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.3%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
Drove alone	84.1%	63.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	28.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	4.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
1-unit, detached	56.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Forsyth	Kissee Mills
Poverty rate	13.6%	10.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	40
Median year structure built	1990	1985