Tarkio vs Westboro

A side-by-side comparison of Tarkio and Westboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tarkio has the higher population (1,478 vs 116 in Westboro). Tarkio has the higher median household income ($60,250 vs $25,972 in Westboro). Tarkio has the higher median home value ($86,900 vs $42,500 in Westboro).

Population, income & housing

	Tarkio	Westboro
Population	1,478	116
Median age	47.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,250	$25,972
Median home value	$86,900	$42,500
Median gross rent	$608	—
Housing units	778	55
Homeownership rate	70.1%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	1.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tarkio	Westboro
Population	1,508 → 1,478 (-2.0%)	103 → 116 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$46,833 → $60,250 (+28.6%)	$34,583 → $25,972 (-24.9%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $86,900 (+21.9%)	$40,900 → $42,500 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $608 (+3.4%)	—

Tarkio

Population

1,5081,478

Median household income

$46,833$60,250

Median home value

$71,300$86,900

Median gross rent

$588$608

Westboro

Population

103116

Median household income

$34,583$25,972

Median home value

$40,900$42,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tarkio	Westboro
Under 5	4.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.9%	21.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	18.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	6.0%
75 and over	12.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tarkio	Westboro
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tarkio	Westboro
No high school diploma	10.1%	30.9%
High school graduate	43.0%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tarkio	Westboro
Drove alone	82.6%	97.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	0.0%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	2.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tarkio	Westboro
1-unit, detached	80.2%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Tarkio	Westboro
Poverty rate	14.5%	36.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1955	1938