Chilhowee vs Knob Noster

A side-by-side comparison of Chilhowee and Knob Noster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Knob Noster has the higher population (2,824 vs 280 in Chilhowee). Knob Noster has the higher median household income ($60,294 vs $54,000 in Chilhowee). Knob Noster has the higher median home value ($146,700 vs $121,900 in Chilhowee).

Population, income & housing

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
Population	280	2,824
Median age	34.6 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,000	$60,294
Median home value	$121,900	$146,700
Median gross rent	$736	$872
Housing units	133	1,370
Homeownership rate	60.6%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
Population	425 → 280 (-34.1%)	2,767 → 2,824 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$27,045 → $54,000 (+99.7%)	$41,908 → $60,294 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $121,900 (+225.1%)	$120,200 → $146,700 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $736 (+26.5%)	$663 → $872 (+31.5%)

Chilhowee

Population

425280

Median household income

$27,045$54,000

Median home value

$37,500$121,900

Median gross rent

$582$736

Knob Noster

Population

2,7672,824

Median household income

$41,908$60,294

Median home value

$120,200$146,700

Median gross rent

$663$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
Under 5	12.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	24.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	15.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	23.1%
35 to 44	20.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	4.7%
75 and over	1.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
No high school diploma	18.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	41.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
Drove alone	62.5%	78.4%
Carpooled	26.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.2%
Other means	3.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
1-unit, detached	80.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Chilhowee	Knob Noster
Poverty rate	36.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	39	21
Median year structure built	1960	1987