Clever vs Highlandville

A side-by-side comparison of Clever and Highlandville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clever has the higher population (2,977 vs 1,049 in Highlandville). Clever has the higher median household income ($77,403 vs $58,438 in Highlandville). Highlandville has the higher median home value ($180,400 vs $179,400 in Clever).

Population, income & housing

	Clever	Highlandville
Population	2,977	1,049
Median age	31.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,403	$58,438
Median home value	$179,400	$180,400
Median gross rent	$1,118	$800
Housing units	1,184	506
Homeownership rate	71.6%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clever	Highlandville
Population	2,667 → 2,977 (+11.6%)	936 → 1,049 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$49,766 → $77,403 (+55.5%)	$48,125 → $58,438 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$110,600 → $179,400 (+62.2%)	$124,100 → $180,400 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$923 → $1,118 (+21.1%)	$872 → $800 (-8.3%)

Clever

Population

2,6672,977

Median household income

$49,766$77,403

Median home value

$110,600$179,400

Median gross rent

$923$1,118

Highlandville

Population

9361,049

Median household income

$48,125$58,438

Median home value

$124,100$180,400

Median gross rent

$872$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clever	Highlandville
Under 5	8.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	19.7%	14.0%
35 to 44	18.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	3.9%	18.5%
75 and over	4.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clever	Highlandville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clever	Highlandville
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clever	Highlandville
Drove alone	88.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	13.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clever	Highlandville
1-unit, detached	86.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Clever	Highlandville
Poverty rate	6.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	2004	1985