Blairstown vs Tightwad

A side-by-side comparison of Blairstown and Tightwad: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tightwad has the higher population (79 vs 60 in Blairstown). Tightwad has the higher median household income ($97,946 vs $55,156 in Blairstown). Since 2019, Tightwad's population has grown faster (+6.8% vs -18.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Blairstown	Tightwad
Population	60	79
Median age	58.6 yrs	62.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,156	$97,946
Median home value	$58,800	—
Housing units	46	41
Homeownership rate	88.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairstown	Tightwad
Population	74 → 60 (-18.9%)	74 → 79 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $55,156 (+29.8%)	$71,667 → $97,946 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $58,800 (-34.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,000 (+29.0%)	$1,063 → $1,050 (-1.2%)

Blairstown

Population

7460

Median household income

$42,500$55,156

Median home value

$90,000$58,800

Median gross rent

$775$1,000

Tightwad

Population

7479

Median household income

$71,667$97,946

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairstown	Tightwad
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	6.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	3.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	3.8%
55 to 64	21.7%	32.9%
65 to 74	18.3%	32.9%
75 and over	15.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairstown	Tightwad
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	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	5.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairstown	Tightwad
No high school diploma	9.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	49.0%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairstown	Tightwad
Drove alone	100.0%	57.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	42.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairstown	Tightwad
1-unit, detached	73.9%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Blairstown	Tightwad
Poverty rate	16.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	49	35
Median year structure built	1943	1990