Blackwater vs Prairie Home

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

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

Prairie Home has the higher population (214 vs 203 in Blackwater). Blackwater has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $52,083 in Prairie Home). Prairie Home has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $109,400 in Blackwater).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
Population	203	214
Median age	26.6 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$52,083
Median home value	$109,400	$118,800
Median gross rent	$883	$700
Housing units	79	111
Homeownership rate	89.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
Population	171 → 203 (+18.7%)	237 → 214 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $68,125 (+75.8%)	$51,667 → $52,083 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $109,400 (+126.5%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $883 (+30.8%)	$535 → $700 (+30.8%)

Blackwater

Population

171203

Median household income

$38,750$68,125

Median home value

$48,300$109,400

Median gross rent

$675$883

Prairie Home

Population

237214

Median household income

$51,667$52,083

Median home value

$81,800$118,800

Median gross rent

$535$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
Under 5	8.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	29.1%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	6.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	24.3%
75 and over	5.9%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	93.0%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
Drove alone	78.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
1-unit, detached	96.2%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Prairie Home
Poverty rate	8.0%	2.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1938	1978