Dallas County vs Ste. Genevieve County

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

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

Ste. Genevieve County has the higher population (18,551 vs 17,344 in Dallas County). Ste. Genevieve County has the higher median household income ($61,310 vs $53,177 in Dallas County). Ste. Genevieve County has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $151,200 in Dallas County).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
Population	17,344	18,551
Median age	42.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,177	$61,310
Median home value	$151,200	$215,600
Median gross rent	$685	$774
Housing units	7,610	8,323
Homeownership rate	76.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
Population	16,617 → 17,344 (+4.4%)	17,848 → 18,551 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$43,542 → $53,177 (+22.1%)	$60,129 → $61,310 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$115,000 → $151,200 (+31.5%)	$166,200 → $215,600 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $685 (-5.4%)	$729 → $774 (+6.2%)

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

Ste. Genevieve County

Population

17,84818,551

Median household income

$60,129$61,310

Median home value

$166,200$215,600

Median gross rent

$729$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.5%
75 and over	8.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
No high school diploma	9.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	47.8%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
Drove alone	74.8%	85.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.4%
Other means	5.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
1-unit, detached	78.8%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Dallas County	Ste. Genevieve County
Poverty rate	21.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1983	1981