Bakersfield vs Gainesville

A side-by-side comparison of Bakersfield and Gainesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gainesville has the higher population (902 vs 246 in Bakersfield). Bakersfield has the higher median household income ($36,951 vs $31,087 in Gainesville). Gainesville has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $87,700 in Bakersfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
Population	246	902
Median age	47.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,951	$31,087
Median home value	$87,700	$97,900
Median gross rent	$1,188	$602
Housing units	151	421
Homeownership rate	86.8%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
Population	269 → 246 (-8.6%)	608 → 902 (+48.4%)
Median household income	$21,458 → $36,951 (+72.2%)	$10,469 → $31,087 (+196.9%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $87,700 (+10.7%)	$81,300 → $97,900 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,188 (+77.8%)	$568 → $602 (+6.0%)

Bakersfield

Population

269246

Median household income

$21,458$36,951

Median home value

$79,200$87,700

Median gross rent

$668$1,188

Gainesville

Population

608902

Median household income

$10,469$31,087

Median home value

$81,300$97,900

Median gross rent

$568$602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
Under 5	13.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	6.9%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	20.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	4.1%	13.4%
75 and over	20.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.3%
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	0.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
No high school diploma	33.3%	21.8%
High school graduate	43.9%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
Drove alone	86.8%	69.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
1-unit, detached	85.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Gainesville
Poverty rate	40.2%	24.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1987	1966