Bates City vs Napoleon

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

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

Napoleon has the higher population (214 vs 183 in Bates City). Napoleon has the higher median household income ($91,875 vs $83,333 in Bates City). Bates City has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $179,700 in Napoleon).

Population, income & housing

	Bates City	Napoleon
Population	183	214
Median age	43.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$91,875
Median home value	$212,500	$179,700
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,000
Housing units	76	95
Homeownership rate	72.6%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bates City	Napoleon
Population	203 → 183 (-9.9%)	189 → 214 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$54,167 → $83,333 (+53.8%)	$62,917 → $91,875 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $212,500 (+75.9%)	$161,600 → $179,700 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,014 → $1,268 (+25.0%)	$840 → $1,000 (+19.0%)

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

Napoleon

Population

189214

Median household income

$62,917$91,875

Median home value

$161,600$179,700

Median gross rent

$840$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bates City	Napoleon
Under 5	3.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	15.0%
75 and over	7.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bates City	Napoleon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.5%	3.3%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bates City	Napoleon
No high school diploma	9.5%	6.6%
High school graduate	44.4%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bates City	Napoleon
Drove alone	77.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bates City	Napoleon
1-unit, detached	72.4%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Bates City	Napoleon
Poverty rate	3.3%	1.4%
Average household size	2.95	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1985	1963