Gower vs Turney

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

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

Gower has the higher population (1,677 vs 181 in Turney). Turney has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $80,057 in Gower). Gower has the higher median home value ($189,900 vs $98,300 in Turney).

Population, income & housing

	Gower	Turney
Population	1,677	181
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,057	$80,625
Median home value	$189,900	$98,300
Median gross rent	$820	$860
Housing units	625	82
Homeownership rate	86.0%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gower	Turney
Population	1,617 → 1,677 (+3.7%)	255 → 181 (-29.0%)
Median household income	$51,111 → $80,057 (+56.6%)	$52,250 → $80,625 (+54.3%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $189,900 (+64.3%)	$81,700 → $98,300 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $820 (+1.1%)	$719 → $860 (+19.6%)

Gower

Population

1,6171,677

Median household income

$51,111$80,057

Median home value

$115,600$189,900

Median gross rent

$811$820

Turney

Population

255181

Median household income

$52,250$80,625

Median home value

$81,700$98,300

Median gross rent

$719$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gower	Turney
Under 5	10.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	28.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	1.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	26.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.2%
55 to 64	7.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.6%
75 and over	9.1%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gower	Turney
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gower	Turney
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.9%
High school graduate	39.6%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gower	Turney
Drove alone	79.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	13.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gower	Turney
1-unit, detached	87.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Gower	Turney
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1975	1976