Nevada vs Schell City

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

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

Nevada has the higher population (7,998 vs 164 in Schell City). Nevada has the higher median household income ($45,799 vs $37,750 in Schell City). Nevada has the higher median home value ($100,600 vs $47,000 in Schell City).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada	Schell City
Population	7,998	164
Median age	37.5 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,799	$37,750
Median home value	$100,600	$47,000
Median gross rent	$716	$510
Housing units	3,871	125
Homeownership rate	56.3%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada	Schell City
Population	8,317 → 7,998 (-3.8%)	227 → 164 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$34,325 → $45,799 (+33.4%)	$31,806 → $37,750 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$71,100 → $100,600 (+41.5%)	$48,600 → $47,000 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $716 (+11.0%)	$375 → $510 (+36.0%)

Nevada

Population

8,3177,998

Median household income

$34,325$45,799

Median home value

$71,100$100,600

Median gross rent

$645$716

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)

	Nevada	Schell City
Under 5	4.9%	15.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	6.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	2.4%
45 to 54	7.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.9%
75 and over	10.7%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada	Schell City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada	Schell City
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	37.4%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada	Schell City
Drove alone	69.7%	67.3%
Carpooled	12.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	26.5%
Other means	4.7%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada	Schell City
1-unit, detached	78.5%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Nevada	Schell City
Poverty rate	24.4%	12.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	40
Median year structure built	1959	1974