Browning vs Laclede

A side-by-side comparison of Browning and Laclede: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Browning has the higher population (260 vs 249 in Laclede). Since 2019, Browning's population has grown faster (+16.1% vs -34.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Browning	Laclede
Population	260	249
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,500
Median home value	—	$50,000
Median gross rent	$508	$333
Housing units	163	133
Homeownership rate	72.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Browning	Laclede
Population	224 → 260 (+16.1%)	378 → 249 (-34.1%)
Median household income	—	$38,438 → $46,500 (+21.0%)
Median home value	—	$66,900 → $50,000 (-25.3%)
Median gross rent	$367 → $508 (+38.4%)	$500 → $333 (-33.4%)

Browning

Population

224260

Median gross rent

$367$508

Laclede

Population

378249

Median household income

$38,438$46,500

Median home value

$66,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$500$333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Browning	Laclede
Under 5	1.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.9%	8.4%
35 to 44	4.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.6%	8.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	17.7%
75 and over	6.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Browning	Laclede
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Browning	Laclede
No high school diploma	20.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	46.6%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.6%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Browning	Laclede
Drove alone	57.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	34.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	17.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Browning	Laclede
1-unit, detached	90.8%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Browning	Laclede
Poverty rate	38.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1952	1960