Kingsville vs Knob Noster

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

Kingsville 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 345 in Kingsville). Kingsville has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $60,294 in Knob Noster). Knob Noster has the higher median home value ($146,700 vs $98,400 in Kingsville).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
Population	345	2,824
Median age	37.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,250	$60,294
Median home value	$98,400	$146,700
Median gross rent	$868	$872
Housing units	126	1,370
Homeownership rate	71.2%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
Population	277 → 345 (+24.5%)	2,767 → 2,824 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $64,250 (+31.8%)	$41,908 → $60,294 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $98,400 (-2.3%)	$120,200 → $146,700 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $868 (+82.7%)	$663 → $872 (+31.5%)

Kingsville

Population

277345

Median household income

$48,750$64,250

Median home value

$100,700$98,400

Median gross rent

$475$868

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)

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
Under 5	8.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	26.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	15.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	23.1%
35 to 44	19.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	4.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	22.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	4.3%	4.7%
75 and over	2.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	75.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	10.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
No high school diploma	16.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	54.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
Drove alone	94.2%	78.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
1-unit, detached	75.4%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Kingsville	Knob Noster
Poverty rate	7.9%	11.3%
Average household size	3.11	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1989	1987