Mineral Point vs Potosi

A side-by-side comparison of Mineral Point and Potosi: population, income, housing, and more.

Mineral Point and Potosi are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Potosi has the higher population (2,542 vs 383 in Mineral Point). Mineral Point has the higher median household income ($39,087 vs $37,055 in Potosi). Since 2019, Mineral Point's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Mineral Point	Potosi
Population	383	2,542
Median age	36.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,087	$37,055
Median home value	—	$101,100
Median gross rent	$1,013	$719
Housing units	161	1,249
Homeownership rate	62.4%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mineral Point	Potosi
Population	378 → 383 (+1.3%)	2,608 → 2,542 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$38,958 → $39,087 (+0.3%)	$36,719 → $37,055 (+0.9%)
Median home value	—	$96,400 → $101,100 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $1,013 (+54.0%)	$498 → $719 (+44.4%)

Mineral Point

Population

378383

Median household income

$38,958$39,087

Median gross rent

$658$1,013

Potosi

Population

2,6082,542

Median household income

$36,719$37,055

Median home value

$96,400$101,100

Median gross rent

$498$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mineral Point	Potosi
Under 5	7.3%	10.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.5%
75 and over	2.9%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mineral Point	Potosi
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	17.0%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mineral Point	Potosi
No high school diploma	11.7%	14.8%
High school graduate	60.1%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mineral Point	Potosi
Drove alone	66.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	32.3%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mineral Point	Potosi
1-unit, detached	49.1%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	46.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Mineral Point	Potosi
Poverty rate	17.4%	24.6%
Average household size	3.06	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1979	1963