Birmingham vs Prathersville

A side-by-side comparison of Birmingham and Prathersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Birmingham has the higher population (171 vs 96 in Prathersville). Prathersville has the higher median household income ($70,208 vs $61,250 in Birmingham). Prathersville has the higher median home value ($245,000 vs $129,200 in Birmingham).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Prathersville
Population	171	96
Median age	41.4 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$70,208
Median home value	$129,200	$245,000
Median gross rent	$893	$1,094
Housing units	79	47
Homeownership rate	76.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Prathersville
Population	217 → 171 (-21.2%)	145 → 96 (-33.8%)
Median household income	$61,719 → $61,250 (-0.8%)	$63,750 → $70,208 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $129,200 (+21.2%)	$142,900 → $245,000 (+71.4%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $893 (-0.3%)	$943 → $1,094 (+16.0%)

Birmingham

Population

217171

Median household income

$61,719$61,250

Median home value

$106,600$129,200

Median gross rent

$896$893

Prathersville

Population

14596

Median household income

$63,750$70,208

Median home value

$142,900$245,000

Median gross rent

$943$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Prathersville
Under 5	4.7%	1.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	24.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.4%
55 to 64	5.8%	37.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	5.2%
75 and over	6.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Prathersville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Prathersville
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	52.1%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Prathersville
Drove alone	70.3%	53.7%
Carpooled	21.9%	22.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	22.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Prathersville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Prathersville
Poverty rate	19.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1954	1949