Dunklin County vs Stoddard County

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

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

Stoddard County has the higher population (28,547 vs 27,795 in Dunklin County). Stoddard County has the higher median household income ($54,067 vs $47,368 in Dunklin County). Stoddard County has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $93,800 in Dunklin County).

Population, income & housing

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
Population	27,795	28,547
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,368	$54,067
Median home value	$93,800	$135,400
Median gross rent	$632	$737
Housing units	13,451	13,398
Homeownership rate	61.8%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
Population	30,027 → 27,795 (-7.4%)	29,377 → 28,547 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$36,380 → $47,368 (+30.2%)	$41,062 → $54,067 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $93,800 (+22.6%)	$104,200 → $135,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $632 (+9.7%)	$621 → $737 (+18.7%)

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

Stoddard County

Population

29,37728,547

Median household income

$41,062$54,067

Median home value

$104,200$135,400

Median gross rent

$621$737

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
Under 5	6.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.4%
75 and over	7.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
No high school diploma	20.0%	17.6%
High school graduate	41.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
Drove alone	78.7%	87.6%
Carpooled	14.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Dunklin County	Stoddard County
Poverty rate	21.4%	17.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1971	1975