Breckenridge vs Cowgill

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

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

Breckenridge has the higher population (532 vs 184 in Cowgill). Cowgill has the higher median household income ($43,571 vs $35,000 in Breckenridge). Cowgill has the higher median home value ($51,700 vs $48,900 in Breckenridge).

Population, income & housing

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
Population	532	184
Median age	30.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$43,571
Median home value	$48,900	$51,700
Median gross rent	$616	$530
Housing units	276	81
Homeownership rate	61.6%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	19.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
Population	313 → 532 (+70.0%)	221 → 184 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$40,769 → $35,000 (-14.2%)	$35,000 → $43,571 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $48,900 (-20.4%)	$37,500 → $51,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $616 (+43.3%)	$463 → $530 (+14.5%)

Breckenridge

Population

313532

Median household income

$40,769$35,000

Median home value

$61,400$48,900

Median gross rent

$430$616

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)

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
Under 5	3.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	19.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.5%
75 and over	3.6%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
No high school diploma	19.9%	10.9%
High school graduate	48.5%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
Drove alone	82.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	13.9%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
1-unit, detached	68.5%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Breckenridge	Cowgill
Poverty rate	24.0%	33.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1962	1970