Mississippi County vs Montgomery County

A side-by-side comparison of Mississippi County and Montgomery County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mississippi County has the higher population (12,079 vs 11,422 in Montgomery County). Montgomery County has the higher median household income ($61,042 vs $46,258 in Mississippi County). Montgomery County has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $100,300 in Mississippi County).

Population, income & housing

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
Population	12,079	11,422
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,258	$61,042
Median home value	$100,300	$171,300
Median gross rent	$782	$767
Housing units	5,282	5,797
Homeownership rate	60.9%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
Population	13,574 → 12,079 (-11.0%)	11,487 → 11,422 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $46,258 (+30.8%)	$46,757 → $61,042 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $100,300 (+25.1%)	$108,100 → $171,300 (+58.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $782 (+27.6%)	$670 → $767 (+14.5%)

Mississippi County

Population

13,57412,079

Median household income

$35,357$46,258

Median home value

$80,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$613$782

Montgomery County

Population

11,48711,422

Median household income

$46,757$61,042

Median home value

$108,100$171,300

Median gross rent

$670$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
Under 5	5.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	22.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
No high school diploma	18.1%	11.5%
High school graduate	49.6%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
Drove alone	82.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
1-unit, detached	74.3%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Mississippi County	Montgomery County
Poverty rate	23.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.34	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1974	1978