Blackwater vs Pilot Grove

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

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

Pilot Grove has the higher population (646 vs 203 in Blackwater). Blackwater has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $63,750 in Pilot Grove). Pilot Grove has the higher median home value ($118,300 vs $109,400 in Blackwater).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
Population	203	646
Median age	26.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$63,750
Median home value	$109,400	$118,300
Median gross rent	$883	$656
Housing units	79	331
Homeownership rate	89.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
Population	171 → 203 (+18.7%)	655 → 646 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $68,125 (+75.8%)	$38,958 → $63,750 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $109,400 (+126.5%)	$88,100 → $118,300 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $883 (+30.8%)	$538 → $656 (+21.9%)

Blackwater

Population

171203

Median household income

$38,750$68,125

Median home value

$48,300$109,400

Median gross rent

$675$883

Pilot Grove

Population

655646

Median household income

$38,958$63,750

Median home value

$88,100$118,300

Median gross rent

$538$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
Under 5	8.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	29.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	6.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.2%
75 and over	5.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	98.9%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.6%
High school graduate	47.2%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
Drove alone	78.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	13.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
1-unit, detached	96.2%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Pilot Grove
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.6%
Average household size	2.94	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1938	1973