Dade County vs Daviess County

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

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

Daviess County has the higher population (8,449 vs 7,627 in Dade County). Daviess County has the higher median household income ($60,665 vs $49,899 in Dade County). Dade County has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $149,200 in Daviess County).

Population, income & housing

	Dade County	Daviess County
Population	7,627	8,449
Median age	46.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,899	$60,665
Median home value	$157,200	$149,200
Median gross rent	$650	$731
Housing units	3,790	4,140
Homeownership rate	76.4%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dade County	Daviess County
Population	7,578 → 7,627 (+0.6%)	8,295 → 8,449 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$40,399 → $49,899 (+23.5%)	$51,679 → $60,665 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $157,200 (+88.3%)	$110,400 → $149,200 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $650 (+3.2%)	$614 → $731 (+19.1%)

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

Daviess County

Population

8,2958,449

Median household income

$51,679$60,665

Median home value

$110,400$149,200

Median gross rent

$614$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dade County	Daviess County
Under 5	5.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.6%
75 and over	10.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dade County	Daviess County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dade County	Daviess County
No high school diploma	9.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dade County	Daviess County
Drove alone	78.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	13.0%
Other means	1.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dade County	Daviess County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Dade County	Daviess County
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1974	1976