Chariton County vs Dade County

A side-by-side comparison of Chariton County and Dade County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dade County has the higher population (7,627 vs 7,406 in Chariton County). Chariton County has the higher median household income ($63,307 vs $49,899 in Dade County). Dade County has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $118,900 in Chariton County).

Population, income & housing

	Chariton County	Dade County
Population	7,406	7,627
Median age	45.2 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,307	$49,899
Median home value	$118,900	$157,200
Median gross rent	$540	$650
Housing units	3,797	3,790
Homeownership rate	80.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chariton County	Dade County
Population	7,483 → 7,406 (-1.0%)	7,578 → 7,627 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$46,738 → $63,307 (+35.5%)	$40,399 → $49,899 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $118,900 (+35.3%)	$83,500 → $157,200 (+88.3%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $540 (+5.1%)	$630 → $650 (+3.2%)

Chariton County

Population

7,4837,406

Median household income

$46,738$63,307

Median home value

$87,900$118,900

Median gross rent

$514$540

Dade County

Population

7,5787,627

Median household income

$40,399$49,899

Median home value

$83,500$157,200

Median gross rent

$630$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chariton County	Dade County
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	14.5%
75 and over	11.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chariton County	Dade County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chariton County	Dade County
No high school diploma	8.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	45.7%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chariton County	Dade County
Drove alone	79.8%	78.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.0%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chariton County	Dade County
1-unit, detached	82.1%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Chariton County	Dade County
Poverty rate	11.9%	14.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1969	1974