Daviess County vs Maries County

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

Daviess 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.

Daviess County has the higher population (8,449 vs 8,435 in Maries County). Maries County has the higher median household income ($61,359 vs $60,665 in Daviess County). Maries County has the higher median home value ($193,100 vs $149,200 in Daviess County).

Population, income & housing

	Daviess County	Maries County
Population	8,449	8,435
Median age	40.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,665	$61,359
Median home value	$149,200	$193,100
Median gross rent	$731	$594
Housing units	4,140	4,269
Homeownership rate	77.7%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daviess County	Maries County
Population	8,295 → 8,449 (+1.9%)	8,803 → 8,435 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$51,679 → $60,665 (+17.4%)	$47,569 → $61,359 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $149,200 (+35.1%)	$133,200 → $193,100 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $731 (+19.1%)	$559 → $594 (+6.3%)

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

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)

	Daviess County	Maries County
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.8%
75 and over	8.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daviess County	Maries County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daviess County	Maries County
No high school diploma	14.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	39.7%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daviess County	Maries County
Drove alone	71.1%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	6.1%
Other means	3.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daviess County	Maries County
1-unit, detached	80.8%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Daviess County	Maries County
Poverty rate	13.2%	14.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1976	1983