Neelyville vs Poplar Bluff

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

Neelyville 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 333 in Neelyville). Poplar Bluff has the higher median household income ($42,035 vs $28,281 in Neelyville). Poplar Bluff has the higher median home value ($109,700 vs $51,700 in Neelyville).

Population, income & housing

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
Population	333	16,243
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$28,281	$42,035
Median home value	$51,700	$109,700
Median gross rent	$530	$760
Housing units	163	7,654
Homeownership rate	60.5%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	21.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
Population	329 → 333 (+1.2%)	17,023 → 16,243 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$20,625 → $28,281 (+37.1%)	$30,370 → $42,035 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$34,600 → $51,700 (+49.4%)	$92,400 → $109,700 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $530 (-12.0%)	$677 → $760 (+12.3%)

Neelyville

Population

329333

Median household income

$20,625$28,281

Median home value

$34,600$51,700

Median gross rent

$602$530

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)

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
Under 5	1.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	25.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	5.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.4%
75 and over	6.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	77.6%
Black or African American	12.6%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	2.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
No high school diploma	36.7%	16.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
Drove alone	52.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	1.3%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	44.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
1-unit, detached	63.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	30.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Neelyville	Poplar Bluff
Poverty rate	62.1%	23.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	12	17
Median year structure built	1984	1971