Dade County vs Maries County

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

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

Maries County has the higher population (8,435 vs 7,627 in Dade County). Maries County has the higher median household income ($61,359 vs $49,899 in Dade County). Maries County has the higher median home value ($193,100 vs $157,200 in Dade County).

Population, income & housing

	Dade County	Maries County
Population	7,627	8,435
Median age	46.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,899	$61,359
Median home value	$157,200	$193,100
Median gross rent	$650	$594
Housing units	3,790	4,269
Homeownership rate	76.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dade County	Maries County
Population	7,578 → 7,627 (+0.6%)	8,803 → 8,435 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$40,399 → $49,899 (+23.5%)	$47,569 → $61,359 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$83,500 → $157,200 (+88.3%)	$133,200 → $193,100 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $650 (+3.2%)	$559 → $594 (+6.3%)

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

Maries County

Population

8,8038,435

Median household income

$47,569$61,359

Median home value

$133,200$193,100

Median gross rent

$559$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dade County	Maries County
Under 5	5.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.8%
75 and over	10.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dade County	Maries County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dade County	Maries County
No high school diploma	9.0%	13.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dade County	Maries County
Drove alone	78.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	6.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dade County	Maries County
1-unit, detached	80.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Dade County	Maries County
Poverty rate	14.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1974	1983