Kearney vs Smithville

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

Kearney and Smithville 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 10,552 in Smithville). Kearney has the higher median household income ($102,523 vs $99,925 in Smithville). Kearney has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $272,500 in Smithville).

Population, income & housing

	Kearney	Smithville
Population	10,696	10,552
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$102,523	$99,925
Median home value	$275,200	$272,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	$977
Housing units	4,489	4,063
Homeownership rate	76.1%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearney	Smithville
Population	10,095 → 10,696 (+6.0%)	9,884 → 10,552 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$85,561 → $102,523 (+19.8%)	$82,398 → $99,925 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $275,200 (+45.8%)	$194,500 → $272,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,000 (-5.9%)	$799 → $977 (+22.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

9,88410,552

Median household income

$82,398$99,925

Median home value

$194,500$272,500

Median gross rent

$799$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kearney	Smithville
Under 5	5.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.9%
75 and over	6.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearney	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearney	Smithville
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.3%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearney	Smithville
Drove alone	79.3%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearney	Smithville
1-unit, detached	80.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Kearney	Smithville
Poverty rate	3.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	2001	1996