Miller County vs Randolph County

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

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

Miller County has the higher population (25,081 vs 24,524 in Randolph County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($55,310 vs $55,172 in Miller County). Miller County has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $141,900 in Randolph County).

Population, income & housing

	Miller County	Randolph County
Population	25,081	24,524
Median age	40.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,172	$55,310
Median home value	$169,800	$141,900
Median gross rent	$724	$742
Housing units	12,508	10,811
Homeownership rate	76.1%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miller County	Randolph County
Population	25,201 → 25,081 (-0.5%)	24,878 → 24,524 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$47,171 → $55,172 (+17.0%)	$47,740 → $55,310 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $169,800 (+24.1%)	$105,000 → $141,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $724 (+6.9%)	$622 → $742 (+19.3%)

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

Randolph County

Population

24,87824,524

Median household income

$47,740$55,310

Median home value

$105,000$141,900

Median gross rent

$622$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Miller County	Randolph County
Under 5	6.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.9%
75 and over	8.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miller County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miller County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	10.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miller County	Randolph County
Drove alone	80.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	6.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miller County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	70.4%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Miller County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	14.6%	15.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1985	1974