Warrenton vs Wright City

A side-by-side comparison of Warrenton and Wright City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Warrenton has the higher population (8,870 vs 5,025 in Wright City). Wright City has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $64,400 in Warrenton). Wright City has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $193,100 in Warrenton).

Population, income & housing

	Warrenton	Wright City
Population	8,870	5,025
Median age	30.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,400	$74,833
Median home value	$193,100	$216,800
Median gross rent	$878	$861
Housing units	3,440	1,864
Homeownership rate	65.1%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Warrenton	Wright City
Population	8,226 → 8,870 (+7.8%)	3,810 → 5,025 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$43,837 → $64,400 (+46.9%)	$61,574 → $74,833 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $193,100 (+51.2%)	$147,500 → $216,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $878 (+9.3%)	$784 → $861 (+9.8%)

Warrenton

Population

8,2268,870

Median household income

$43,837$64,400

Median home value

$127,700$193,100

Median gross rent

$803$878

Wright City

Population

3,8105,025

Median household income

$61,574$74,833

Median home value

$147,500$216,800

Median gross rent

$784$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Warrenton	Wright City
Under 5	7.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.4%
75 and over	8.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Warrenton	Wright City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	77.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.5%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Warrenton	Wright City
No high school diploma	11.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	40.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Warrenton	Wright City
Drove alone	84.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Warrenton	Wright City
1-unit, detached	70.3%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Warrenton	Wright City
Poverty rate	15.2%	4.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1998	2006