Dent County vs Macon County

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

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

Macon County has the higher population (15,163 vs 14,506 in Dent County). Macon County has the higher median household income ($58,318 vs $54,306 in Dent County). Dent County has the higher median home value ($149,700 vs $127,000 in Macon County).

Population, income & housing

	Dent County	Macon County
Population	14,506	15,163
Median age	43.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,306	$58,318
Median home value	$149,700	$127,000
Median gross rent	$615	$719
Housing units	6,834	7,425
Homeownership rate	76.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dent County	Macon County
Population	15,545 → 14,506 (-6.7%)	15,199 → 15,163 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$42,100 → $54,306 (+29.0%)	$42,746 → $58,318 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $149,700 (+45.9%)	$97,200 → $127,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $615 (+14.5%)	$549 → $719 (+31.0%)

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

Macon County

Population

15,19915,163

Median household income

$42,746$58,318

Median home value

$97,200$127,000

Median gross rent

$549$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dent County	Macon County
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.3%
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%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.3%
75 and over	9.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dent County	Macon County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dent County	Macon County
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dent County	Macon County
Drove alone	82.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dent County	Macon County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Dent County	Macon County
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1979	1972