Lilbourn vs Morehouse

A side-by-side comparison of Lilbourn and Morehouse: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lilbourn has the higher population (1,021 vs 751 in Morehouse). Lilbourn has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $32,250 in Morehouse). Lilbourn has the higher median home value ($65,600 vs $60,000 in Morehouse).

Population, income & housing

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
Population	1,021	751
Median age	35.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$32,250
Median home value	$65,600	$60,000
Median gross rent	$692	$550
Housing units	431	418
Homeownership rate	60.3%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
Population	1,137 → 1,021 (-10.2%)	1,001 → 751 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$28,000 → $41,250 (+47.3%)	$29,491 → $32,250 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$63,400 → $65,600 (+3.5%)	$51,500 → $60,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$555 → $692 (+24.7%)	$549 → $550 (+0.2%)

Lilbourn

Population

1,1371,021

Median household income

$28,000$41,250

Median home value

$63,400$65,600

Median gross rent

$555$692

Morehouse

Population

1,001751

Median household income

$29,491$32,250

Median home value

$51,500$60,000

Median gross rent

$549$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
Under 5	10.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	19.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	4.9%	14.2%
75 and over	5.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	87.5%
Black or African American	17.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.3%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
No high school diploma	27.2%	25.9%
High school graduate	43.1%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
Drove alone	79.7%	86.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	1.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
1-unit, detached	80.7%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Lilbourn	Morehouse
Poverty rate	26.9%	18.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1972	1973