Hunter vs Van Buren

A side-by-side comparison of Hunter and Van Buren: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Van Buren has the higher population (1,146 vs 60 in Hunter). Hunter has the higher median household income ($41,339 vs $20,441 in Van Buren). Since 2019, Van Buren's population has grown faster (+27.8% vs -55.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hunter	Van Buren
Population	60	1,146
Median age	68.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,339	$20,441
Median home value	—	$77,400
Median gross rent	—	$369
Housing units	50	524
Homeownership rate	44.0%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hunter	Van Buren
Population	134 → 60 (-55.2%)	897 → 1,146 (+27.8%)
Median household income	—	$29,868 → $20,441 (-31.6%)
Median home value	—	$105,900 → $77,400 (-26.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$614 → $369 (-39.9%)

Hunter

Population

13460

Van Buren

Population

8971,146

Median household income

$29,868$20,441

Median home value

$105,900$77,400

Median gross rent

$614$369

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hunter	Van Buren
Under 5	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	30.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.1%
65 to 74	83.3%	7.8%
75 and over	0.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hunter	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hunter	Van Buren
No high school diploma	16.7%	19.3%
High school graduate	16.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	46.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hunter	Van Buren
Drove alone	100.0%	69.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hunter	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	44.0%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	56.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Hunter	Van Buren
Poverty rate	16.7%	45.2%
Average household size	1.20	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1979	1973