Laurie vs Stover

A side-by-side comparison of Laurie and Stover: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laurie has the higher population (992 vs 901 in Stover). Stover has the higher median household income ($47,596 vs $46,667 in Laurie). Laurie has the higher median home value ($185,800 vs $114,700 in Stover).

Population, income & housing

	Laurie	Stover
Population	992	901
Median age	63.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,667	$47,596
Median home value	$185,800	$114,700
Median gross rent	$773	$748
Housing units	601	483
Homeownership rate	73.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laurie	Stover
Population	949 → 992 (+4.5%)	1,176 → 901 (-23.4%)
Median household income	$31,630 → $46,667 (+47.5%)	$22,993 → $47,596 (+107.0%)
Median home value	$159,400 → $185,800 (+16.6%)	$72,100 → $114,700 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $773 (+33.5%)	$592 → $748 (+26.4%)

Laurie

Population

949992

Median household income

$31,630$46,667

Median home value

$159,400$185,800

Median gross rent

$579$773

Stover

Population

1,176901

Median household income

$22,993$47,596

Median home value

$72,100$114,700

Median gross rent

$592$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laurie	Stover
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	6.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	2.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	5.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	17.8%	8.3%
75 and over	28.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laurie	Stover
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laurie	Stover
No high school diploma	5.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	41.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laurie	Stover
Drove alone	76.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	18.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	1.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laurie	Stover
1-unit, detached	62.4%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	7.5%
20 or more units	7.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Laurie	Stover
Poverty rate	15.6%	18.9%
Average household size	1.92	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1989	1965