Barnard vs Elmo

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

Barnard and Elmo 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 206 in Elmo). Elmo has the higher median household income ($65,179 vs $24,457 in Barnard). Elmo has the higher median home value ($91,400 vs $63,600 in Barnard).

Population, income & housing

	Barnard	Elmo
Population	216	206
Median age	53.6 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,457	$65,179
Median home value	$63,600	$91,400
Median gross rent	$327	$904
Housing units	138	111
Homeownership rate	70.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnard	Elmo
Population	227 → 216 (-4.8%)	110 → 206 (+87.3%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $24,457 (-56.0%)	$27,188 → $65,179 (+139.7%)
Median home value	$50,700 → $63,600 (+25.4%)	$40,900 → $91,400 (+123.5%)
Median gross rent	$479 → $327 (-31.7%)	$333 → $904 (+171.5%)

Barnard

Population

227216

Median household income

$55,625$24,457

Median home value

$50,700$63,600

Median gross rent

$479$327

Elmo

Population

110206

Median household income

$27,188$65,179

Median home value

$40,900$91,400

Median gross rent

$333$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barnard	Elmo
Under 5	2.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	31.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	7.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	30.6%	2.9%
75 and over	6.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnard	Elmo
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	73.3%
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%	26.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnard	Elmo
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	49.4%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnard	Elmo
Drove alone	85.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	9.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnard	Elmo
1-unit, detached	64.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.7%	9.9%
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	Elmo
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.8%
Average household size	1.80	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1951	1938