Bates City vs Emma

A side-by-side comparison of Bates City and Emma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emma has the higher population (261 vs 183 in Bates City). Bates City has the higher median household income ($83,333 vs $78,750 in Emma). Bates City has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $119,300 in Emma).

Population, income & housing

	Bates City	Emma
Population	183	261
Median age	43.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$78,750
Median home value	$212,500	$119,300
Median gross rent	$1,268	$775
Housing units	76	102
Homeownership rate	72.6%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bates City	Emma
Population	203 → 183 (-9.9%)	219 → 261 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $83,333 (+53.8%)	$52,778 → $78,750 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $212,500 (+75.9%)	$92,700 → $119,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,268 (+25.0%)	$720 → $775 (+7.6%)

Bates City

Population

203183

Median household income

$54,167$83,333

Median home value

$120,800$212,500

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,268

Emma

Population

219261

Median household income

$52,778$78,750

Median home value

$92,700$119,300

Median gross rent

$720$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bates City	Emma
Under 5	3.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.3%
75 and over	7.7%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bates City	Emma
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bates City	Emma
No high school diploma	9.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	44.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bates City	Emma
Drove alone	77.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bates City	Emma
1-unit, detached	72.4%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Bates City	Emma
Poverty rate	3.3%	5.0%
Average household size	2.95	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1985	1952