Deerfield vs Schell City

A side-by-side comparison of Deerfield and Schell City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Schell City has the higher population (164 vs 39 in Deerfield). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $47,000 in Schell City). Since 2019, Deerfield's population has grown faster (-18.8% vs -27.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Schell City
Population	39	164
Median age	65.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$37,750
Median home value	$108,300	$47,000
Median gross rent	—	$510
Housing units	27	125
Homeownership rate	81.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Schell City
Population	48 → 39 (-18.8%)	227 → 164 (-27.8%)
Median household income	—	$31,806 → $37,750 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$84,500 → $108,300 (+28.2%)	$48,600 → $47,000 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $581 (+9.6%)	$375 → $510 (+36.0%)

Deerfield

Population

4839

Median home value

$84,500$108,300

Median gross rent

$530$581

Schell City

Population

227164

Median household income

$31,806$37,750

Median home value

$48,600$47,000

Median gross rent

$375$510

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Schell City
Under 5	0.0%	15.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	6.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	2.6%	2.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.5%
65 to 74	56.4%	15.9%
75 and over	15.4%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Schell City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Schell City
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	85.7%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Schell City
Drove alone	100.0%	67.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	26.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Schell City
1-unit, detached	88.9%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Schell City
Poverty rate	12.8%	12.2%
Average household size	1.44	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	40
Median year structure built	1955	1974