Bakersfield vs Sundown

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

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

Bakersfield has the higher population (246 vs 190 in Sundown). Sundown has the higher median home value ($193,400 vs $87,700 in Bakersfield). Since 2019, Sundown's population has grown faster (+295.8% vs -8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Sundown
Population	246	190
Median age	47.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,951	—
Median home value	$87,700	$193,400
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	151	76
Homeownership rate	86.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Sundown
Population	269 → 246 (-8.6%)	48 → 190 (+295.8%)
Median household income	$21,458 → $36,951 (+72.2%)	—
Median home value	$79,200 → $87,700 (+10.7%)	$250,000 → $193,400 (-22.6%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,188 (+77.8%)	—

Bakersfield

Population

269246

Median household income

$21,458$36,951

Median home value

$79,200$87,700

Median gross rent

$668$1,188

Sundown

Population

48190

Median home value

$250,000$193,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Sundown
Under 5	13.0%	16.3%
5 to 17	8.5%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	20.5%
25 to 34	6.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	20.7%	5.8%
55 to 64	9.8%	36.3%
65 to 74	4.1%	3.7%
75 and over	20.7%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Sundown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	97.9%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Sundown
No high school diploma	33.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Sundown
Drove alone	86.8%	43.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	56.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Sundown
1-unit, detached	85.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Sundown
Poverty rate	40.2%	30.0%
Average household size	2.16	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	24	78
Median year structure built	1987	1971