Conway vs Phillipsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Conway and Phillipsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conway has the higher population (654 vs 159 in Phillipsburg). Phillipsburg has the higher median household income ($35,750 vs $34,153 in Conway). Phillipsburg has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $78,800 in Conway).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Phillipsburg
Population	654	159
Median age	40.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,153	$35,750
Median home value	$78,800	$103,100
Median gross rent	$795	$798
Housing units	318	64
Homeownership rate	63.8%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Phillipsburg
Population	713 → 654 (-8.3%)	158 → 159 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$40,526 → $34,153 (-15.7%)	$30,357 → $35,750 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $78,800 (+12.6%)	$62,900 → $103,100 (+63.9%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $795 (+55.0%)	$687 → $798 (+16.2%)

Conway

Population

713654

Median household income

$40,526$34,153

Median home value

$70,000$78,800

Median gross rent

$513$795

Phillipsburg

Population

158159

Median household income

$30,357$35,750

Median home value

$62,900$103,100

Median gross rent

$687$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Phillipsburg
Under 5	10.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	18.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	6.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.2%
75 and over	14.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	23.9%	9.3%
High school graduate	55.5%	61.7%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	82.8%	59.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	40.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	76.7%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	20.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1973	1978