Stoddard County vs Stone County

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

Stoddard 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.

Stone County has the higher population (31,697 vs 28,547 in Stoddard County). Stone County has the higher median household income ($61,323 vs $54,067 in Stoddard County). Stone County has the higher median home value ($236,500 vs $135,400 in Stoddard County).

Population, income & housing

	Stoddard County	Stone County
Population	28,547	31,697
Median age	41.9 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,067	$61,323
Median home value	$135,400	$236,500
Median gross rent	$737	$892
Housing units	13,398	20,267
Homeownership rate	70.7%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stoddard County	Stone County
Population	29,377 → 28,547 (-2.8%)	31,615 → 31,697 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$41,062 → $54,067 (+31.7%)	$49,656 → $61,323 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $135,400 (+29.9%)	$172,600 → $236,500 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $737 (+18.7%)	$695 → $892 (+28.3%)

Stoddard County

Population

29,37728,547

Median household income

$41,062$54,067

Median home value

$104,200$135,400

Median gross rent

$621$737

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)

	Stoddard County	Stone County
Under 5	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	19.0%
75 and over	9.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stoddard County	Stone County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stoddard County	Stone County
No high school diploma	17.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stoddard County	Stone County
Drove alone	87.6%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	10.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stoddard County	Stone County
1-unit, detached	79.4%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Stoddard County	Stone County
Poverty rate	17.0%	14.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1975	1992