Dent County vs Gasconade County

A side-by-side comparison of Dent County and Gasconade County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gasconade County has the higher population (14,774 vs 14,506 in Dent County). Gasconade County has the higher median household income ($65,096 vs $54,306 in Dent County). Gasconade County has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $149,700 in Dent County).

Population, income & housing

	Dent County	Gasconade County
Population	14,506	14,774
Median age	43.8 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,306	$65,096
Median home value	$149,700	$168,900
Median gross rent	$615	$671
Housing units	6,834	7,597
Homeownership rate	76.8%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dent County	Gasconade County
Population	15,545 → 14,506 (-6.7%)	14,711 → 14,774 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$42,100 → $54,306 (+29.0%)	$54,885 → $65,096 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $149,700 (+45.9%)	$134,200 → $168,900 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $615 (+14.5%)	$611 → $671 (+9.8%)

Dent County

Population

15,54514,506

Median household income

$42,100$54,306

Median home value

$102,600$149,700

Median gross rent

$537$615

Gasconade County

Population

14,71114,774

Median household income

$54,885$65,096

Median home value

$134,200$168,900

Median gross rent

$611$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dent County	Gasconade County
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.3%
75 and over	9.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dent County	Gasconade County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dent County	Gasconade County
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dent County	Gasconade County
Drove alone	82.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dent County	Gasconade County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Dent County	Gasconade County
Poverty rate	14.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1979	1974