Polk County vs Stone County

A side-by-side comparison of Polk County and Stone County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Polk County has the higher population (32,109 vs 31,697 in Stone County). Stone County has the higher median household income ($61,323 vs $56,686 in Polk County). Stone County has the higher median home value ($236,500 vs $189,600 in Polk County).

Population, income & housing

	Polk County	Stone County
Population	32,109	31,697
Median age	38.9 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,686	$61,323
Median home value	$189,600	$236,500
Median gross rent	$792	$892
Housing units	13,434	20,267
Homeownership rate	71.3%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk County	Stone County
Population	31,748 → 32,109 (+1.1%)	31,615 → 31,697 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$45,660 → $56,686 (+24.1%)	$49,656 → $61,323 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$132,300 → $189,600 (+43.3%)	$172,600 → $236,500 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $792 (+13.0%)	$695 → $892 (+28.3%)

Polk County

Population

31,74832,109

Median household income

$45,660$56,686

Median home value

$132,300$189,600

Median gross rent

$701$792

Stone County

Population

31,61531,697

Median household income

$49,656$61,323

Median home value

$172,600$236,500

Median gross rent

$695$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polk County	Stone County
Under 5	6.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	17.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	19.0%
75 and over	8.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk County	Stone County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk County	Stone County
No high school diploma	11.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	36.6%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk County	Stone County
Drove alone	78.8%	76.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	10.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk County	Stone County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	6.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Polk County	Stone County
Poverty rate	17.9%	14.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1987	1992