Bland vs Owensville

A side-by-side comparison of Bland and Owensville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owensville has the higher population (2,798 vs 538 in Bland). Owensville has the higher median household income ($50,428 vs $45,833 in Bland). Owensville has the higher median home value ($133,100 vs $82,100 in Bland).

Population, income & housing

	Bland	Owensville
Population	538	2,798
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,833	$50,428
Median home value	$82,100	$133,100
Median gross rent	$610	$642
Housing units	271	1,274
Homeownership rate	56.4%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bland	Owensville
Population	481 → 538 (+11.9%)	2,599 → 2,798 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$24,808 → $45,833 (+84.8%)	$38,009 → $50,428 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $82,100 (+27.7%)	$82,600 → $133,100 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $610 (+27.6%)	$632 → $642 (+1.6%)

Bland

Population

481538

Median household income

$24,808$45,833

Median home value

$64,300$82,100

Median gross rent

$478$610

Owensville

Population

2,5992,798

Median household income

$38,009$50,428

Median home value

$82,600$133,100

Median gross rent

$632$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bland	Owensville
Under 5	7.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	6.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	9.4%
75 and over	11.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bland	Owensville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bland	Owensville
No high school diploma	17.0%	17.8%
High school graduate	44.5%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bland	Owensville
Drove alone	81.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.3%
Other means	3.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bland	Owensville
1-unit, detached	73.1%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bland	Owensville
Poverty rate	21.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1960	1963