Dunklin County vs Miller County

A side-by-side comparison of Dunklin County and Miller County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dunklin County has the higher population (27,795 vs 25,081 in Miller County). Miller County has the higher median household income ($55,172 vs $47,368 in Dunklin County). Miller County has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $93,800 in Dunklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Dunklin County	Miller County
Population	27,795	25,081
Median age	39.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,368	$55,172
Median home value	$93,800	$169,800
Median gross rent	$632	$724
Housing units	13,451	12,508
Homeownership rate	61.8%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunklin County	Miller County
Population	30,027 → 27,795 (-7.4%)	25,201 → 25,081 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$36,380 → $47,368 (+30.2%)	$47,171 → $55,172 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $93,800 (+22.6%)	$136,800 → $169,800 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $632 (+9.7%)	$677 → $724 (+6.9%)

Dunklin County

Population

30,02727,795

Median household income

$36,380$47,368

Median home value

$76,500$93,800

Median gross rent

$576$632

Miller County

Population

25,20125,081

Median household income

$47,171$55,172

Median home value

$136,800$169,800

Median gross rent

$677$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunklin County	Miller County
Under 5	6.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunklin County	Miller County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	7.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunklin County	Miller County
No high school diploma	20.0%	10.5%
High school graduate	41.1%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunklin County	Miller County
Drove alone	78.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	11.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunklin County	Miller County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	7.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Dunklin County	Miller County
Poverty rate	21.4%	14.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1971	1985