Arnold vs Barnhart

A side-by-side comparison of Arnold and Barnhart: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arnold has the higher population (20,884 vs 6,036 in Barnhart). Barnhart has the higher median household income ($96,042 vs $75,194 in Arnold). Arnold has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $195,700 in Barnhart).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold	Barnhart
Population	20,884	6,036
Median age	39.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,194	$96,042
Median home value	$209,700	$195,700
Median gross rent	$1,085	$1,371
Housing units	9,202	2,279
Homeownership rate	79.6%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold	Barnhart
Population	21,146 → 20,884 (-1.2%)	5,948 → 6,036 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$66,670 → $75,194 (+12.8%)	$81,922 → $96,042 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $209,700 (+33.1%)	$148,100 → $195,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,085 (+13.6%)	$1,040 → $1,371 (+31.8%)

Arnold

Population

21,14620,884

Median household income

$66,670$75,194

Median home value

$157,600$209,700

Median gross rent

$955$1,085

Barnhart

Population

5,9486,036

Median household income

$81,922$96,042

Median home value

$148,100$195,700

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,371

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold	Barnhart
Under 5	6.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	7.5%
75 and over	8.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold	Barnhart
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold	Barnhart
No high school diploma	9.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold	Barnhart
Drove alone	85.3%	84.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold	Barnhart
1-unit, detached	78.2%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Arnold	Barnhart
Poverty rate	7.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1977	1979