Bunceton vs Prairie Home

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

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

Bunceton has the higher population (269 vs 214 in Prairie Home). Bunceton has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $52,083 in Prairie Home). Prairie Home has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $79,300 in Bunceton).

Population, income & housing

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
Population	269	214
Median age	47.4 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$52,083
Median home value	$79,300	$118,800
Median gross rent	$775	$700
Housing units	134	111
Homeownership rate	79.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
Population	359 → 269 (-25.1%)	237 → 214 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $63,125 (+61.9%)	$51,667 → $52,083 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$76,700 → $79,300 (+3.4%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $775 (+32.9%)	$535 → $700 (+30.8%)

Bunceton

Population

359269

Median household income

$39,000$63,125

Median home value

$76,700$79,300

Median gross rent

$583$775

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)

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
Under 5	4.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	8.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	25.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	24.3%
75 and over	5.2%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	93.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	4.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	61.4%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
Drove alone	83.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	23.2%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
1-unit, detached	74.6%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bunceton	Prairie Home
Poverty rate	12.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1962	1978