Claycomo vs Kearney

A side-by-side comparison of Claycomo and Kearney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kearney has the higher population (10,696 vs 1,994 in Claycomo). Kearney has the higher median household income ($102,523 vs $49,649 in Claycomo). Kearney has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $151,300 in Claycomo).

Population, income & housing

	Claycomo	Kearney
Population	1,994	10,696
Median age	33.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,649	$102,523
Median home value	$151,300	$275,200
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,000
Housing units	828	4,489
Homeownership rate	54.9%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claycomo	Kearney
Population	1,586 → 1,994 (+25.7%)	10,095 → 10,696 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$49,102 → $49,649 (+1.1%)	$85,561 → $102,523 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$105,100 → $151,300 (+44.0%)	$188,700 → $275,200 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $1,035 (+41.8%)	$1,063 → $1,000 (-5.9%)

Claycomo

Population

1,5861,994

Median household income

$49,102$49,649

Median home value

$105,100$151,300

Median gross rent

$730$1,035

Kearney

Population

10,09510,696

Median household income

$85,561$102,523

Median home value

$188,700$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claycomo	Kearney
Under 5	10.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.0%
75 and over	4.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claycomo	Kearney
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	95.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claycomo	Kearney
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claycomo	Kearney
Drove alone	81.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	15.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claycomo	Kearney
1-unit, detached	50.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	11.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claycomo	Kearney
Poverty rate	20.3%	3.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1964	2001