Cowgill vs Polo

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

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

Polo has the higher population (428 vs 184 in Cowgill). Polo has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $43,571 in Cowgill). Polo has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $51,700 in Cowgill).

Population, income & housing

	Cowgill	Polo
Population	184	428
Median age	46.5 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,571	$48,750
Median home value	$51,700	$152,500
Median gross rent	$530	$617
Housing units	81	252
Homeownership rate	64.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	19.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowgill	Polo
Population	221 → 184 (-16.7%)	489 → 428 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $43,571 (+24.5%)	$43,125 → $48,750 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $51,700 (+37.9%)	$76,500 → $152,500 (+99.3%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $530 (+14.5%)	$517 → $617 (+19.3%)

Cowgill

Population

221184

Median household income

$35,000$43,571

Median home value

$37,500$51,700

Median gross rent

$463$530

Polo

Population

489428

Median household income

$43,125$48,750

Median home value

$76,500$152,500

Median gross rent

$517$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowgill	Polo
Under 5	1.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	18.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	19.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.6%
75 and over	14.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowgill	Polo
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowgill	Polo
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	49.2%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowgill	Polo
Drove alone	67.2%	87.7%
Carpooled	21.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowgill	Polo
1-unit, detached	60.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Cowgill	Polo
Poverty rate	33.2%	11.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	38	35
Median year structure built	1970	1964