Barton County vs DeKalb County

A side-by-side comparison of Barton County and DeKalb County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barton County has the higher population (11,685 vs 11,176 in DeKalb County). DeKalb County has the higher median household income ($69,093 vs $49,503 in Barton County). DeKalb County has the higher median home value ($167,500 vs $136,000 in Barton County).

Population, income & housing

	Barton County	DeKalb County
Population	11,685	11,176
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,503	$69,093
Median home value	$136,000	$167,500
Median gross rent	$777	$796
Housing units	5,295	4,277
Homeownership rate	69.6%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton County	DeKalb County
Population	11,797 → 11,685 (-0.9%)	12,526 → 11,176 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$44,125 → $49,503 (+12.2%)	$55,918 → $69,093 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $136,000 (+39.5%)	$120,100 → $167,500 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $777 (+39.5%)	$656 → $796 (+21.3%)

Barton County

Population

11,79711,685

Median household income

$44,125$49,503

Median home value

$97,500$136,000

Median gross rent

$557$777

DeKalb County

Population

12,52611,176

Median household income

$55,918$69,093

Median home value

$120,100$167,500

Median gross rent

$656$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton County	DeKalb County
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.0%
75 and over	9.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton County	DeKalb County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton County	DeKalb County
No high school diploma	13.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	40.4%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton County	DeKalb County
Drove alone	83.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton County	DeKalb County
1-unit, detached	82.3%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Barton County	DeKalb County
Poverty rate	22.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1973	1982