Brashear vs Novinger

A side-by-side comparison of Brashear and Novinger: population, income, housing, and more.

Brashear and Novinger are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Novinger has the higher population (454 vs 172 in Brashear). Novinger has the higher median household income ($44,063 vs $43,750 in Brashear). Brashear has the higher median home value ($78,300 vs $52,300 in Novinger).

Population, income & housing

	Brashear	Novinger
Population	172	454
Median age	47.4 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$44,063
Median home value	$78,300	$52,300
Median gross rent	—	$525
Housing units	114	226
Homeownership rate	64.0%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brashear	Novinger
Population	152 → 172 (+13.2%)	377 → 454 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$35,250 → $43,750 (+24.1%)	$30,729 → $44,063 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$61,300 → $78,300 (+27.7%)	$59,200 → $52,300 (-11.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$344 → $525 (+52.6%)

Brashear

Population

152172

Median household income

$35,250$43,750

Median home value

$61,300$78,300

Novinger

Population

377454

Median household income

$30,729$44,063

Median home value

$59,200$52,300

Median gross rent

$344$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brashear	Novinger
Under 5	8.1%	14.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	4.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	18.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	18.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.5%
75 and over	5.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brashear	Novinger
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brashear	Novinger
No high school diploma	12.5%	18.3%
High school graduate	51.6%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brashear	Novinger
Drove alone	80.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	16.0%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brashear	Novinger
1-unit, detached	74.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Brashear	Novinger
Poverty rate	21.5%	26.3%
Average household size	1.93	3.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1955	1949