Bourbon vs Steelville

A side-by-side comparison of Bourbon and Steelville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bourbon has the higher population (1,694 vs 1,410 in Steelville). Bourbon has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $32,404 in Steelville). Bourbon has the higher median home value ($116,000 vs $82,500 in Steelville).

Population, income & housing

	Bourbon	Steelville
Population	1,694	1,410
Median age	30.4 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$32,404
Median home value	$116,000	$82,500
Median gross rent	$861	$683
Housing units	732	720
Homeownership rate	57.4%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourbon	Steelville
Population	1,946 → 1,694 (-12.9%)	1,728 → 1,410 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$41,625 → $63,125 (+51.7%)	$33,015 → $32,404 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $116,000 (+45.2%)	$86,200 → $82,500 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $861 (+12.5%)	$607 → $683 (+12.5%)

Bourbon

Population

1,9461,694

Median household income

$41,625$63,125

Median home value

$79,900$116,000

Median gross rent

$765$861

Steelville

Population

1,7281,410

Median household income

$33,015$32,404

Median home value

$86,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$607$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourbon	Steelville
Under 5	6.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	13.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.2%
75 and over	4.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourbon	Steelville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.4%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourbon	Steelville
No high school diploma	18.2%	21.3%
High school graduate	39.1%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourbon	Steelville
Drove alone	65.4%	82.8%
Carpooled	31.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourbon	Steelville
1-unit, detached	66.4%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Bourbon	Steelville
Poverty rate	20.5%	25.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1974	1976