Blackwater vs Wooldridge

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

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

Blackwater has the higher population (203 vs 33 in Wooldridge). Blackwater has the higher median household income ($68,125 vs $63,750 in Wooldridge). Wooldridge has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $109,400 in Blackwater).

Population, income & housing

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
Population	203	33
Median age	26.6 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$63,750
Median home value	$109,400	$135,000
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	79	31
Homeownership rate	89.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
Population	171 → 203 (+18.7%)	27 → 33 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $68,125 (+75.8%)	$48,750 → $63,750 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$48,300 → $109,400 (+126.5%)	$85,000 → $135,000 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $883 (+30.8%)	—

Blackwater

Population

171203

Median household income

$38,750$68,125

Median home value

$48,300$109,400

Median gross rent

$675$883

Wooldridge

Population

2733

Median household income

$48,750$63,750

Median home value

$85,000$135,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
Under 5	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	30.3%
35 to 44	6.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	42.4%
75 and over	5.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
No high school diploma	6.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
Drove alone	78.7%	71.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	28.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
1-unit, detached	96.2%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Blackwater	Wooldridge
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.94	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1948