Bertrand vs Wilson City

A side-by-side comparison of Bertrand and Wilson City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bertrand has the higher population (707 vs 91 in Wilson City). Bertrand has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $64,700 in Wilson City). Since 2019, Wilson City's population has grown faster (+175.8% vs -15.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bertrand	Wilson City
Population	707	91
Median age	52.3 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,568	—
Median home value	$92,500	$64,700
Median gross rent	$620	—
Housing units	307	69
Homeownership rate	68.4%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bertrand	Wilson City
Population	838 → 707 (-15.6%)	33 → 91 (+175.8%)
Median household income	$32,969 → $55,568 (+68.5%)	—
Median home value	$66,700 → $92,500 (+38.7%)	$9,999 → $64,700 (+547.1%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $620 (+11.1%)	$746 → $715 (-4.2%)

Bertrand

Population

838707

Median household income

$32,969$55,568

Median home value

$66,700$92,500

Median gross rent

$558$620

Wilson City

Population

3391

Median home value

$9,999$64,700

Median gross rent

$746$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bertrand	Wilson City
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	13.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.7%	8.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	28.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	7.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	31.9%
75 and over	14.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bertrand	Wilson City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	64.8%
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	9.9%	35.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bertrand	Wilson City
No high school diploma	24.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	48.3%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bertrand	Wilson City
Drove alone	84.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bertrand	Wilson City
1-unit, detached	53.7%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.6%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Bertrand	Wilson City
Poverty rate	17.1%	42.9%
Average household size	2.32	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1976	1961