Barnhart vs Herculaneum

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

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

Barnhart has the higher population (6,036 vs 4,925 in Herculaneum). Barnhart has the higher median household income ($96,042 vs $88,778 in Herculaneum). Herculaneum has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $195,700 in Barnhart).

Population, income & housing

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
Population	6,036	4,925
Median age	33.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,042	$88,778
Median home value	$195,700	$222,100
Median gross rent	$1,371	$2,065
Housing units	2,279	1,891
Homeownership rate	88.3%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
Population	5,948 → 6,036 (+1.5%)	4,025 → 4,925 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$81,922 → $96,042 (+17.2%)	$65,449 → $88,778 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $195,700 (+32.1%)	$158,800 → $222,100 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,371 (+31.8%)	$1,699 → $2,065 (+21.5%)

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

Herculaneum

Population

4,0254,925

Median household income

$65,449$88,778

Median home value

$158,800$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
Under 5	7.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	23.5%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.3%
75 and over	3.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.1%	11.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	30.2%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
Drove alone	84.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
1-unit, detached	97.2%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barnhart	Herculaneum
Poverty rate	3.9%	5.4%
Average household size	2.74	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1979	2001