Pike County vs Wright County

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

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

Wright County has the higher population (18,722 vs 17,623 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($57,572 vs $47,304 in Wright County). Wright County has the higher median home value ($152,300 vs $129,400 in Pike County).

Population, income & housing

	Pike County	Wright County
Population	17,623	18,722
Median age	39.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,572	$47,304
Median home value	$129,400	$152,300
Median gross rent	$742	$558
Housing units	7,629	8,370
Homeownership rate	73.3%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pike County	Wright County
Population	18,455 → 17,623 (-4.5%)	18,203 → 18,722 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$46,385 → $57,572 (+24.1%)	$34,776 → $47,304 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $129,400 (+32.3%)	$103,600 → $152,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $742 (+14.0%)	$557 → $558 (+0.2%)

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

Wright County

Population

18,20318,722

Median household income

$34,776$47,304

Median home value

$103,600$152,300

Median gross rent

$557$558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pike County	Wright County
Under 5	5.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	19.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.6%
75 and over	8.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pike County	Wright County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pike County	Wright County
No high school diploma	12.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	50.9%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pike County	Wright County
Drove alone	82.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pike County	Wright County
1-unit, detached	74.7%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Pike County	Wright County
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1970	1979