Harrison County vs Maries County

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison County and Maries County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maries County has the higher population (8,435 vs 8,198 in Harrison County). Maries County has the higher median household income ($61,359 vs $53,364 in Harrison County). Maries County has the higher median home value ($193,100 vs $107,400 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Maries County
Population	8,198	8,435
Median age	40.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,364	$61,359
Median home value	$107,400	$193,100
Median gross rent	$666	$594
Housing units	4,023	4,269
Homeownership rate	73.1%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Maries County
Population	8,491 → 8,198 (-3.5%)	8,803 → 8,435 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$42,917 → $53,364 (+24.3%)	$47,569 → $61,359 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$76,000 → $107,400 (+41.3%)	$133,200 → $193,100 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $666 (+25.4%)	$559 → $594 (+6.3%)

Harrison County

Population

8,4918,198

Median household income

$42,917$53,364

Median home value

$76,000$107,400

Median gross rent

$531$666

Maries County

Population

8,8038,435

Median household income

$47,569$61,359

Median home value

$133,200$193,100

Median gross rent

$559$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	Maries County
Under 5	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.8%
75 and over	10.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Maries County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Maries County
No high school diploma	9.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Maries County
Drove alone	80.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	17.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Maries County
1-unit, detached	78.0%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Maries County
Poverty rate	16.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1969	1983