Pettis County vs Phelps County

A side-by-side comparison of Pettis County and Phelps County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phelps County has the higher population (44,948 vs 43,205 in Pettis County). Pettis County has the higher median household income ($60,232 vs $55,427 in Phelps County). Phelps County has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $161,500 in Pettis County).

Population, income & housing

	Pettis County	Phelps County
Population	43,205	44,948
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,232	$55,427
Median home value	$161,500	$194,900
Median gross rent	$863	$801
Housing units	18,608	20,246
Homeownership rate	70.1%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pettis County	Phelps County
Population	42,355 → 43,205 (+2.0%)	44,630 → 44,948 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$46,157 → $60,232 (+30.5%)	$44,154 → $55,427 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $161,500 (+35.6%)	$135,000 → $194,900 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $863 (+22.1%)	$727 → $801 (+10.2%)

Pettis County

Population

42,35543,205

Median household income

$46,157$60,232

Median home value

$119,100$161,500

Median gross rent

$707$863

Phelps County

Population

44,63044,948

Median household income

$44,154$55,427

Median home value

$135,000$194,900

Median gross rent

$727$801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pettis County	Phelps County
Under 5	6.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	15.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.7%
75 and over	7.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pettis County	Phelps County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	85.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pettis County	Phelps County
No high school diploma	12.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	34.1%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pettis County	Phelps County
Drove alone	79.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pettis County	Phelps County
1-unit, detached	78.6%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	2.9%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Pettis County	Phelps County
Poverty rate	13.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1974	1984