Barnard vs Conception Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Barnard and Conception Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barnard has the higher population (216 vs 211 in Conception Junction). Conception Junction has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $24,457 in Barnard). Conception Junction has the higher median home value ($67,500 vs $63,600 in Barnard).

Population, income & housing

	Barnard	Conception Junction
Population	216	211
Median age	53.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$24,457	$53,333
Median home value	$63,600	$67,500
Median gross rent	$327	$446
Housing units	138	89
Homeownership rate	70.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnard	Conception Junction
Population	227 → 216 (-4.8%)	197 → 211 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $24,457 (-56.0%)	$47,188 → $53,333 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$50,700 → $63,600 (+25.4%)	$73,300 → $67,500 (-7.9%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $327 (-31.7%)	$383 → $446 (+16.4%)

Barnard

Population

227216

Median household income

$55,625$24,457

Median home value

$50,700$63,600

Median gross rent

$479$327

Conception Junction

Population

197211

Median household income

$47,188$53,333

Median home value

$73,300$67,500

Median gross rent

$383$446

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnard	Conception Junction
Under 5	2.3%	11.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	10.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	30.6%	9.0%
75 and over	6.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnard	Conception Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	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	1.9%	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+

	Barnard	Conception Junction
No high school diploma	4.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	49.4%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnard	Conception Junction
Drove alone	85.4%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnard	Conception Junction
1-unit, detached	64.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	29.7%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Barnard	Conception Junction
Poverty rate	7.9%	23.2%
Average household size	1.80	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1951	1938