Atchison County vs Carter County

A side-by-side comparison of Atchison County and Carter County: population, income, housing, and more.

Atchison County and Carter County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carter County has the higher population (5,269 vs 5,216 in Atchison County). Atchison County has the higher median household income ($59,260 vs $45,083 in Carter County). Carter County has the higher median home value ($147,600 vs $100,600 in Atchison County).

Population, income & housing

	Atchison County	Carter County
Population	5,216	5,269
Median age	47.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,260	$45,083
Median home value	$100,600	$147,600
Median gross rent	$595	$661
Housing units	2,726	2,692
Homeownership rate	73.6%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atchison County	Carter County
Population	5,229 → 5,216 (-0.2%)	6,147 → 5,269 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$50,236 → $59,260 (+18.0%)	$39,530 → $45,083 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$84,900 → $100,600 (+18.5%)	$101,500 → $147,600 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$529 → $595 (+12.5%)	$621 → $661 (+6.4%)

Atchison County

Population

5,2295,216

Median household income

$50,236$59,260

Median home value

$84,900$100,600

Median gross rent

$529$595

Carter County

Population

6,1475,269

Median household income

$39,530$45,083

Median home value

$101,500$147,600

Median gross rent

$621$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atchison County	Carter County
Under 5	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.0%
75 and over	11.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atchison County	Carter County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atchison County	Carter County
No high school diploma	8.2%	14.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atchison County	Carter County
Drove alone	82.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	14.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atchison County	Carter County
1-unit, detached	87.1%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	22.1%

Poverty & households

	Atchison County	Carter County
Poverty rate	12.5%	19.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1957	1984