Holt County vs Mercer County

A side-by-side comparison of Holt County and Mercer County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Holt County has the higher population (4,254 vs 3,501 in Mercer County). Mercer County has the higher median household income ($60,357 vs $58,516 in Holt County). Holt County has the higher median home value ($122,300 vs $95,300 in Mercer County).

Population, income & housing

	Holt County	Mercer County
Population	4,254	3,501
Median age	47.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,516	$60,357
Median home value	$122,300	$95,300
Median gross rent	$702	$548
Housing units	2,420	1,908
Homeownership rate	78.4%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holt County	Mercer County
Population	4,432 → 4,254 (-4.0%)	3,644 → 3,501 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$49,524 → $58,516 (+18.2%)	$47,298 → $60,357 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $122,300 (+38.0%)	$88,900 → $95,300 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $702 (+37.6%)	$495 → $548 (+10.7%)

Holt County

Population

4,4324,254

Median household income

$49,524$58,516

Median home value

$88,600$122,300

Median gross rent

$510$702

Mercer County

Population

3,6443,501

Median household income

$47,298$60,357

Median home value

$88,900$95,300

Median gross rent

$495$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holt County	Mercer County
Under 5	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.2%
75 and over	11.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holt County	Mercer County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holt County	Mercer County
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holt County	Mercer County
Drove alone	79.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	8.3%	13.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holt County	Mercer County
1-unit, detached	82.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Holt County	Mercer County
Poverty rate	9.8%	14.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1968	1971