Dallas County vs Pike County

A side-by-side comparison of Dallas County and Pike County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pike County has the higher population (17,623 vs 17,344 in Dallas County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($57,572 vs $53,177 in Dallas County). Dallas County has the higher median home value ($151,200 vs $129,400 in Pike County).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas County	Pike County
Population	17,344	17,623
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,177	$57,572
Median home value	$151,200	$129,400
Median gross rent	$685	$742
Housing units	7,610	7,629
Homeownership rate	76.1%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas County	Pike County
Population	16,617 → 17,344 (+4.4%)	18,455 → 17,623 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $53,177 (+22.1%)	$46,385 → $57,572 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $151,200 (+31.5%)	$97,800 → $129,400 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $685 (-5.4%)	$651 → $742 (+14.0%)

Dallas County

Population

16,61717,344

Median household income

$43,542$53,177

Median home value

$115,000$151,200

Median gross rent

$724$685

Pike County

Population

18,45517,623

Median household income

$46,385$57,572

Median home value

$97,800$129,400

Median gross rent

$651$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas County	Pike County
Under 5	6.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.6%
75 and over	8.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas County	Pike County
No high school diploma	9.7%	12.7%
High school graduate	47.8%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas County	Pike County
Drove alone	74.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.4%
Other means	5.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	78.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Dallas County	Pike County
Poverty rate	21.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1983	1970