Battlefield vs Strafford

A side-by-side comparison of Battlefield and Strafford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Battlefield has the higher population (6,095 vs 2,609 in Strafford). Battlefield has the higher median household income ($87,414 vs $60,670 in Strafford). Battlefield has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $148,100 in Strafford).

Population, income & housing

	Battlefield	Strafford
Population	6,095	2,609
Median age	40.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,414	$60,670
Median home value	$207,100	$148,100
Median gross rent	$931	$767
Housing units	2,592	985
Homeownership rate	85.2%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battlefield	Strafford
Population	6,240 → 6,095 (-2.3%)	2,100 → 2,609 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$61,373 → $87,414 (+42.4%)	$45,811 → $60,670 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $207,100 (+31.4%)	$129,600 → $148,100 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $931 (+20.4%)	$830 → $767 (-7.6%)

Battlefield

Population

6,2406,095

Median household income

$61,373$87,414

Median home value

$157,600$207,100

Median gross rent

$773$931

Strafford

Population

2,1002,609

Median household income

$45,811$60,670

Median home value

$129,600$148,100

Median gross rent

$830$767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battlefield	Strafford
Under 5	6.7%	12.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	23.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	4.3%
75 and over	4.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battlefield	Strafford
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battlefield	Strafford
No high school diploma	1.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	22.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battlefield	Strafford
Drove alone	76.0%	84.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battlefield	Strafford
1-unit, detached	89.6%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Battlefield	Strafford
Poverty rate	5.8%	17.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	2000	1993