Douglas County vs Linn County

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas County and Linn County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Both have a population of 11,850. Linn County has the higher median household income ($61,975 vs $49,828 in Douglas County). Douglas County has the higher median home value ($164,400 vs $117,300 in Linn County).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas County	Linn County
Population	11,850	11,850
Median age	46.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,828	$61,975
Median home value	$164,400	$117,300
Median gross rent	$687	$612
Housing units	5,397	6,007
Homeownership rate	79.3%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas County	Linn County
Population	13,306 → 11,850 (-10.9%)	12,113 → 11,850 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$37,425 → $49,828 (+33.1%)	$45,930 → $61,975 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$123,100 → $164,400 (+33.5%)	$87,200 → $117,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $687 (+22.7%)	$558 → $612 (+9.7%)

Douglas County

Population

13,30611,850

Median household income

$37,425$49,828

Median home value

$123,100$164,400

Median gross rent

$560$687

Linn County

Population

12,11311,850

Median household income

$45,930$61,975

Median home value

$87,200$117,300

Median gross rent

$558$612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas County	Linn County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.4%
75 and over	10.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas County	Linn County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas County	Linn County
No high school diploma	16.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	36.4%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas County	Linn County
Drove alone	78.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.6%	8.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas County	Linn County
1-unit, detached	80.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Douglas County	Linn County
Poverty rate	16.9%	16.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1985	1965