Cameron vs Gower

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron and Gower: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cameron has the higher population (8,721 vs 1,677 in Gower). Gower has the higher median household income ($80,057 vs $56,090 in Cameron). Gower has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $178,300 in Cameron).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron	Gower
Population	8,721	1,677
Median age	41.0 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,090	$80,057
Median home value	$178,300	$189,900
Median gross rent	$1,042	$820
Housing units	3,205	625
Homeownership rate	54.9%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	30.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron	Gower
Population	9,665 → 8,721 (-9.8%)	1,617 → 1,677 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$50,544 → $56,090 (+11.0%)	$51,111 → $80,057 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $178,300 (+57.5%)	$115,600 → $189,900 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,042 (+31.2%)	$811 → $820 (+1.1%)

Cameron

Population

9,6658,721

Median household income

$50,544$56,090

Median home value

$113,200$178,300

Median gross rent

$794$1,042

Gower

Population

1,6171,677

Median household income

$51,111$80,057

Median home value

$115,600$189,900

Median gross rent

$811$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron	Gower
Under 5	4.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	19.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.6%
75 and over	7.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron	Gower
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron	Gower
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	48.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron	Gower
Drove alone	75.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	14.1%	13.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron	Gower
1-unit, detached	65.0%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Cameron	Gower
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1977	1975