Neck City vs Waco

A side-by-side comparison of Neck City and Waco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neck City has the higher population (232 vs 190 in Waco). Neck City has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $56,875 in Waco). Waco has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $93,300 in Neck City).

Population, income & housing

	Neck City	Waco
Population	232	190
Median age	36.4 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$56,875
Median home value	$93,300	$115,600
Housing units	81	77
Homeownership rate	96.3%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	7.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neck City	Waco
Population	161 → 232 (+44.1%)	67 → 190 (+183.6%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $68,393 (+20.7%)	$48,750 → $56,875 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $93,300 (+13.6%)	$72,500 → $115,600 (+59.4%)

Neck City

Population

161232

Median household income

$56,667$68,393

Median home value

$82,100$93,300

Waco

Population

67190

Median household income

$48,750$56,875

Median home value

$72,500$115,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neck City	Waco
Under 5	4.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	20.5%
55 to 64	22.4%	27.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.8%
75 and over	6.5%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neck City	Waco
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neck City	Waco
No high school diploma	12.5%	28.0%
High school graduate	63.1%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neck City	Waco
Drove alone	93.9%	65.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	34.6%
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)

	Neck City	Waco
1-unit, detached	60.5%	81.8%
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	39.5%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Neck City	Waco
Poverty rate	9.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	2001	1966