Broseley vs Poplar Bluff

A side-by-side comparison of Broseley and Poplar Bluff: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Poplar Bluff has the higher population (16,243 vs 27 in Broseley). Since 2019, Poplar Bluff's population has grown faster (-4.6% vs -83.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
Population	27	16,243
Median age	62.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,035
Median home value	—	$109,700
Median gross rent	—	$760
Housing units	20	7,654
Homeownership rate	70.0%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
Population	168 → 27 (-83.9%)	17,023 → 16,243 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$36,518 → $39,712 (+8.7%)	$30,370 → $42,035 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$60,800 → $62,800 (+3.3%)	$92,400 → $109,700 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$677 → $760 (+12.3%)

Broseley

Population

16827

Median household income

$36,518$39,712

Median home value

$60,800$62,800

Poplar Bluff

Population

17,02316,243

Median household income

$30,370$42,035

Median home value

$92,400$109,700

Median gross rent

$677$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	100.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.4%
75 and over	0.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	14.8%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
No high school diploma	22.2%	16.6%
High school graduate	51.9%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
Drove alone	100.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
1-unit, detached	70.0%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Broseley	Poplar Bluff
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.5%
Average household size	1.35	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	2000	1971