Richards vs Schell City

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

Richards 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 44 in Richards). Richards has the higher median household income ($42,969 vs $37,750 in Schell City). Richards has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $47,000 in Schell City).

Population, income & housing

	Richards	Schell City
Population	44	164
Median age	31.8 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,969	$37,750
Median home value	$65,000	$47,000
Median gross rent	—	$510
Housing units	31	125
Homeownership rate	69.6%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richards	Schell City
Population	151 → 44 (-70.9%)	227 → 164 (-27.8%)
Median household income	$58,523 → $42,969 (-26.6%)	$31,806 → $37,750 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $65,000 (+44.4%)	$48,600 → $47,000 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$375 → $510 (+36.0%)

Richards

Population

15144

Median household income

$58,523$42,969

Median home value

$45,000$65,000

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)

	Richards	Schell City
Under 5	6.8%	15.9%
5 to 17	20.5%	6.7%
18 to 24	11.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	20.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.4%
45 to 54	27.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	4.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	2.3%	15.9%
75 and over	6.8%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richards	Schell City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	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	22.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richards	Schell City
No high school diploma	33.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	55.6%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richards	Schell City
Drove alone	94.4%	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	5.6%	26.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richards	Schell City
1-unit, detached	61.3%	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	38.7%	24.8%

Poverty & households

	Richards	Schell City
Poverty rate	27.3%	12.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	40
Median year structure built	1971	1974