Braymer vs Cowgill

A side-by-side comparison of Braymer and Cowgill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Braymer has the higher population (736 vs 184 in Cowgill). Braymer has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $43,571 in Cowgill). Braymer has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $51,700 in Cowgill).

Population, income & housing

	Braymer	Cowgill
Population	736	184
Median age	45.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,063	$43,571
Median home value	$81,700	$51,700
Median gross rent	$594	$530
Housing units	405	81
Homeownership rate	77.7%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	19.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braymer	Cowgill
Population	660 → 736 (+11.5%)	221 → 184 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$47,667 → $54,063 (+13.4%)	$35,000 → $43,571 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $81,700 (+41.6%)	$37,500 → $51,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $594 (-16.2%)	$463 → $530 (+14.5%)

Braymer

Population

660736

Median household income

$47,667$54,063

Median home value

$57,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$709$594

Cowgill

Population

221184

Median household income

$35,000$43,571

Median home value

$37,500$51,700

Median gross rent

$463$530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braymer	Cowgill
Under 5	4.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	6.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	19.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.5%
75 and over	8.2%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braymer	Cowgill
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braymer	Cowgill
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	53.4%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braymer	Cowgill
Drove alone	83.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.5%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braymer	Cowgill
1-unit, detached	79.0%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Braymer	Cowgill
Poverty rate	9.9%	33.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1955	1970