Goodman vs Southwest City

A side-by-side comparison of Goodman and Southwest City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goodman has the higher population (1,081 vs 845 in Southwest City). Goodman has the higher median household income ($42,610 vs $38,750 in Southwest City). Goodman has the higher median home value ($94,400 vs $67,200 in Southwest City).

Population, income & housing

	Goodman	Southwest City
Population	1,081	845
Median age	35.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,610	$38,750
Median home value	$94,400	$67,200
Median gross rent	$695	$555
Housing units	479	361
Homeownership rate	84.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodman	Southwest City
Population	1,381 → 1,081 (-21.7%)	1,056 → 845 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$36,818 → $42,610 (+15.7%)	$41,250 → $38,750 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$66,600 → $94,400 (+41.7%)	$82,100 → $67,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $695 (+4.4%)	$688 → $555 (-19.3%)

Goodman

Population

1,3811,081

Median household income

$36,818$42,610

Median home value

$66,600$94,400

Median gross rent

$666$695

Southwest City

Population

1,056845

Median household income

$41,250$38,750

Median home value

$82,100$67,200

Median gross rent

$688$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goodman	Southwest City
Under 5	4.5%	10.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	3.1%
75 and over	11.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodman	Southwest City
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	26.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.6%
Asian	7.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodman	Southwest City
No high school diploma	22.5%	37.9%
High school graduate	25.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodman	Southwest City
Drove alone	84.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	7.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodman	Southwest City
1-unit, detached	80.2%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Goodman	Southwest City
Poverty rate	19.6%	15.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1976	1985