Putnam County vs Worth County

A side-by-side comparison of Putnam County and Worth County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Putnam County has the higher population (4,675 vs 1,956 in Worth County). Putnam County has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $46,167 in Worth County). Putnam County has the higher median home value ($111,600 vs $94,600 in Worth County).

Population, income & housing

	Putnam County	Worth County
Population	4,675	1,956
Median age	45.6 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,875	$46,167
Median home value	$111,600	$94,600
Median gross rent	$575	$353
Housing units	2,845	1,115
Homeownership rate	81.2%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putnam County	Worth County
Population	4,781 → 4,675 (-2.2%)	2,027 → 1,956 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$42,849 → $56,875 (+32.7%)	$53,580 → $46,167 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$96,600 → $111,600 (+15.5%)	$63,800 → $94,600 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $575 (+0.5%)	$569 → $353 (-38.0%)

Putnam County

Population

4,7814,675

Median household income

$42,849$56,875

Median home value

$96,600$111,600

Median gross rent

$572$575

Worth County

Population

2,0271,956

Median household income

$53,580$46,167

Median home value

$63,800$94,600

Median gross rent

$569$353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Putnam County	Worth County
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	13.8%
75 and over	10.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putnam County	Worth County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Putnam County	Worth County
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putnam County	Worth County
Drove alone	77.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Putnam County	Worth County
1-unit, detached	81.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Putnam County	Worth County
Poverty rate	16.2%	17.6%
Average household size	2.45	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1977	1959