Pike County vs Ste. Genevieve County

A side-by-side comparison of Pike County and Ste. Genevieve County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ste. Genevieve County has the higher population (18,551 vs 17,623 in Pike County). Ste. Genevieve County has the higher median household income ($61,310 vs $57,572 in Pike County). Ste. Genevieve County has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $129,400 in Pike County).

Population, income & housing

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
Population	17,623	18,551
Median age	39.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,572	$61,310
Median home value	$129,400	$215,600
Median gross rent	$742	$774
Housing units	7,629	8,323
Homeownership rate	73.3%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
Population	18,455 → 17,623 (-4.5%)	17,848 → 18,551 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$46,385 → $57,572 (+24.1%)	$60,129 → $61,310 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $129,400 (+32.3%)	$166,200 → $215,600 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $742 (+14.0%)	$729 → $774 (+6.2%)

Pike County

Population

18,45517,623

Median household income

$46,385$57,572

Median home value

$97,800$129,400

Median gross rent

$651$742

Ste. Genevieve County

Population

17,84818,551

Median household income

$60,129$61,310

Median home value

$166,200$215,600

Median gross rent

$729$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.5%
75 and over	8.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
No high school diploma	12.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	50.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
Drove alone	82.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
1-unit, detached	74.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Pike County	Ste. Genevieve County
Poverty rate	16.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1970	1981