Big Spring vs Rhineland

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

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

Rhineland has the higher population (180 vs 29 in Big Spring). Rhineland has the higher median household income ($74,375 vs $35,938 in Big Spring). Since 2019, Rhineland's population has grown faster (+33.3% vs -89.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Spring	Rhineland
Population	29	180
Median age	51.9 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,938	$74,375
Median home value	—	$162,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,393
Housing units	18	54
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Spring	Rhineland
Population	265 → 29 (-89.1%)	135 → 180 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$44,070 → $35,938 (-18.5%)	$38,750 → $74,375 (+91.9%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $96,400 (-0.5%)	$121,900 → $162,500 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,393 (+31.0%)

Big Spring

Population

26529

Median household income

$44,070$35,938

Median home value

$96,900$96,400

Rhineland

Population

135180

Median household income

$38,750$74,375

Median home value

$121,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Spring	Rhineland
Under 5	0.0%	17.2%
5 to 17	24.1%	27.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	21.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	3.3%
65 to 74	27.6%	5.6%
75 and over	20.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Spring	Rhineland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Spring	Rhineland
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	54.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Spring	Rhineland
Drove alone	100.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Spring	Rhineland
1-unit, detached	77.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Spring	Rhineland
Poverty rate	44.8%	5.7%
Average household size	1.61	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1952	1964