Amity vs Union Star

A side-by-side comparison of Amity and Union Star: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Union Star has the higher population (510 vs 71 in Amity). Amity has the higher median household income ($83,000 vs $57,907 in Union Star). Union Star has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $9,999 in Amity).

Population, income & housing

	Amity	Union Star
Population	71	510
Median age	29.9 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,000	$57,907
Median home value	$9,999	$84,500
Median gross rent	—	$925
Housing units	30	239
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amity	Union Star
Population	24 → 71 (+195.8%)	448 → 510 (+13.8%)
Median household income	—	$46,667 → $57,907 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$60,500 → $84,500 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$388 → $925 (+138.4%)

Amity

Population

2471

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Union Star

Population

448510

Median household income

$46,667$57,907

Median home value

$60,500$84,500

Median gross rent

$388$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amity	Union Star
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	20.8%
25 to 34	56.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	1.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	1.4%	5.5%
55 to 64	28.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.4%
75 and over	0.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amity	Union Star
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.4%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amity	Union Star
No high school diploma	5.7%	5.2%
High school graduate	7.1%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	81.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amity	Union Star
Drove alone	100.0%	88.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amity	Union Star
1-unit, detached	50.0%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Amity	Union Star
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	83
Median year structure built	1950	1958