Fisk vs Poplar Bluff

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

Fisk 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 540 in Fisk). Fisk has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $42,035 in Poplar Bluff). Fisk has the higher median home value ($113,800 vs $109,700 in Poplar Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
Population	540	16,243
Median age	58.3 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$42,035
Median home value	$113,800	$109,700
Median gross rent	$600	$760
Housing units	232	7,654
Homeownership rate	71.4%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
Population	321 → 540 (+68.2%)	17,023 → 16,243 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $48,036 (+83.0%)	$30,370 → $42,035 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $113,800 (+31.0%)	$92,400 → $109,700 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $600 (+16.7%)	$677 → $760 (+12.3%)

Fisk

Population

321540

Median household income

$26,250$48,036

Median home value

$86,900$113,800

Median gross rent

$514$600

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)

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
Under 5	0.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	7.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	14.4%
35 to 44	5.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	27.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	22.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.4%
75 and over	17.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	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	1.3%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
No high school diploma	8.9%	16.6%
High school graduate	39.0%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
Drove alone	38.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	41.2%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.6%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
1-unit, detached	77.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fisk	Poplar Bluff
Poverty rate	12.8%	23.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1971	1971