Harrisonville vs Peculiar

A side-by-side comparison of Harrisonville and Peculiar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrisonville has the higher population (10,002 vs 5,815 in Peculiar). Peculiar has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $60,727 in Harrisonville). Peculiar has the higher median home value ($252,400 vs $190,300 in Harrisonville).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
Population	10,002	5,815
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,727	$96,250
Median home value	$190,300	$252,400
Median gross rent	$853	$1,152
Housing units	4,363	2,139
Homeownership rate	58.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
Population	10,043 → 10,002 (-0.4%)	5,139 → 5,815 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$47,404 → $60,727 (+28.1%)	$62,708 → $96,250 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$137,000 → $190,300 (+38.9%)	$147,000 → $252,400 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $853 (+0.9%)	$890 → $1,152 (+29.4%)

Harrisonville

Population

10,04310,002

Median household income

$47,404$60,727

Median home value

$137,000$190,300

Median gross rent

$845$853

Peculiar

Population

5,1395,815

Median household income

$62,708$96,250

Median home value

$147,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
Under 5	7.9%	10.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	5.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.2%
75 and over	8.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
Drove alone	88.3%	69.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	21.9%
Other means	1.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
1-unit, detached	67.8%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Harrisonville	Peculiar
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1977	1995