Blackwater vs Otterville

A side-by-side comparison of Blackwater and Otterville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Otterville has the higher population (454 vs 203 in Blackwater). Blackwater has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $48,281 in Otterville). Otterville has the higher median home value ($114,000 vs $109,400 in Blackwater).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Otterville
Population	203	454
Median age	26.6 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$48,281
Median home value	$109,400	$114,000
Median gross rent	$883	$688
Housing units	79	228
Homeownership rate	89.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Otterville
Population	171 → 203 (+18.7%)	375 → 454 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $68,125 (+75.8%)	$36,563 → $48,281 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $109,400 (+126.5%)	$76,400 → $114,000 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $883 (+30.8%)	$591 → $688 (+16.4%)

Blackwater

Population

171203

Median household income

$38,750$68,125

Median home value

$48,300$109,400

Median gross rent

$675$883

Otterville

Population

375454

Median household income

$36,563$48,281

Median home value

$76,400$114,000

Median gross rent

$591$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Otterville
Under 5	8.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	29.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	15.6%
75 and over	5.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Otterville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Otterville
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	47.2%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Otterville
Drove alone	78.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Otterville
1-unit, detached	96.2%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Otterville
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.94	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	28	41
Median year structure built	1938	1958