Schell City vs Walker

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

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

Walker has the higher population (371 vs 164 in Schell City). Schell City has the higher median household income ($37,750 vs $29,922 in Walker). Since 2019, Walker's population has grown faster (+31.6% vs -27.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Schell City	Walker
Population	164	371
Median age	50.8 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,750	$29,922
Median home value	$47,000	—
Median gross rent	$510	$610
Housing units	125	162
Homeownership rate	72.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Schell City	Walker
Population	227 → 164 (-27.8%)	282 → 371 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$31,806 → $37,750 (+18.7%)	$26,111 → $29,922 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$48,600 → $47,000 (-3.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$375 → $510 (+36.0%)	$540 → $610 (+13.0%)

Schell City

Population

227164

Median household income

$31,806$37,750

Median home value

$48,600$47,000

Median gross rent

$375$510

Walker

Population

282371

Median household income

$26,111$29,922

Median gross rent

$540$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Schell City	Walker
Under 5	15.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	18.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	2.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	15.2%	36.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	7.5%
75 and over	15.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Schell City	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	93.0%
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	3.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Schell City	Walker
No high school diploma	14.7%	14.7%
High school graduate	54.1%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Schell City	Walker
Drove alone	67.3%	86.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.5%	7.2%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Schell City	Walker
1-unit, detached	70.4%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Schell City	Walker
Poverty rate	12.2%	20.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	40	27
Median year structure built	1974	1976