Phelps County vs Pulaski County

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

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

Pulaski County has the higher population (53,850 vs 44,948 in Phelps County). Pulaski County has the higher median household income ($66,435 vs $55,427 in Phelps County). Phelps County has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $189,700 in Pulaski County).

Population, income & housing

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
Population	44,948	53,850
Median age	36.2 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,427	$66,435
Median home value	$194,900	$189,700
Median gross rent	$801	$1,072
Housing units	20,246	19,374
Homeownership rate	61.9%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
Population	44,630 → 44,948 (+0.7%)	52,425 → 53,850 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$44,154 → $55,427 (+25.5%)	$53,492 → $66,435 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $194,900 (+44.4%)	$159,200 → $189,700 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $801 (+10.2%)	$993 → $1,072 (+8.0%)

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

Pulaski County

Population

52,42553,850

Median household income

$53,492$66,435

Median home value

$159,200$189,700

Median gross rent

$993$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
Under 5	5.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	15.8%	23.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	8.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.7%
75 and over	7.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	68.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	3.4%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
Drove alone	73.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	3.8%	18.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
1-unit, detached	63.7%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	4.7%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Phelps County	Pulaski County
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1984	1994