Dent County vs Moniteau County

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

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

Moniteau County has the higher population (15,303 vs 14,506 in Dent County). Moniteau County has the higher median household income ($65,161 vs $54,306 in Dent County). Moniteau County has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $149,700 in Dent County).

Population, income & housing

	Dent County	Moniteau County
Population	14,506	15,303
Median age	43.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,306	$65,161
Median home value	$149,700	$168,300
Median gross rent	$615	$766
Housing units	6,834	6,177
Homeownership rate	76.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dent County	Moniteau County
Population	15,545 → 14,506 (-6.7%)	16,046 → 15,303 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$42,100 → $54,306 (+29.0%)	$58,010 → $65,161 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $149,700 (+45.9%)	$124,500 → $168,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $615 (+14.5%)	$605 → $766 (+26.6%)

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

Moniteau County

Population

16,04615,303

Median household income

$58,010$65,161

Median home value

$124,500$168,300

Median gross rent

$605$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dent County	Moniteau County
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.4%
75 and over	9.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dent County	Moniteau County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dent County	Moniteau County
No high school diploma	14.4%	13.5%
High school graduate	39.0%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dent County	Moniteau County
Drove alone	82.2%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.9%	7.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dent County	Moniteau County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Dent County	Moniteau County
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.52	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1979	1979