Dent County vs Livingston County

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

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

Dent County has the higher population (14,506 vs 14,330 in Livingston County). Livingston County has the higher median household income ($60,148 vs $54,306 in Dent County). Dent County has the higher median home value ($149,700 vs $138,300 in Livingston County).

Population, income & housing

	Dent County	Livingston County
Population	14,506	14,330
Median age	43.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,306	$60,148
Median home value	$149,700	$138,300
Median gross rent	$615	$747
Housing units	6,834	6,376
Homeownership rate	76.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dent County	Livingston County
Population	15,545 → 14,506 (-6.7%)	15,126 → 14,330 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$42,100 → $54,306 (+29.0%)	$46,992 → $60,148 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $149,700 (+45.9%)	$111,500 → $138,300 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $615 (+14.5%)	$671 → $747 (+11.3%)

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

Livingston County

Population

15,12614,330

Median household income

$46,992$60,148

Median home value

$111,500$138,300

Median gross rent

$671$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dent County	Livingston County
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.5%
75 and over	9.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dent County	Livingston County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dent County	Livingston County
No high school diploma	14.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dent County	Livingston County
Drove alone	82.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dent County	Livingston County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Dent County	Livingston County
Poverty rate	14.3%	12.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1979	1969