Bellflower vs Big Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and Big Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellflower has the higher population (313 vs 29 in Big Spring). Bellflower has the higher median household income ($42,500 vs $35,938 in Big Spring). Since 2019, Bellflower's population has grown faster (-4.9% vs -89.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Big Spring
Population	313	29
Median age	35.5 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$35,938
Median home value	$56,300	—
Median gross rent	$919	—
Housing units	144	18
Homeownership rate	63.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Big Spring
Population	329 → 313 (-4.9%)	265 → 29 (-89.1%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $42,500 (+23.6%)	$44,070 → $35,938 (-18.5%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $56,300 (+8.1%)	$96,900 → $96,400 (-0.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $919 (+47.0%)	—

Bellflower

Population

329313

Median household income

$34,375$42,500

Median home value

$52,100$56,300

Median gross rent

$625$919

Big Spring

Population

26529

Median household income

$44,070$35,938

Median home value

$96,900$96,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Big Spring
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.4%	24.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	27.6%
75 and over	8.3%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Big Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Big Spring
No high school diploma	23.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Big Spring
Drove alone	77.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Big Spring
1-unit, detached	68.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Big Spring
Poverty rate	37.3%	44.8%
Average household size	2.70	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	39	—
Median year structure built	1962	1952