Caruthersville vs Cooter

A side-by-side comparison of Caruthersville and Cooter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caruthersville has the higher population (5,426 vs 307 in Cooter). Cooter has the higher median household income ($50,714 vs $35,903 in Caruthersville). Caruthersville has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $79,200 in Cooter).

Population, income & housing

	Caruthersville	Cooter
Population	5,426	307
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,903	$50,714
Median home value	$118,700	$79,200
Median gross rent	$771	$689
Housing units	2,657	167
Homeownership rate	46.7%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caruthersville	Cooter
Population	5,616 → 5,426 (-3.4%)	348 → 307 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$31,322 → $35,903 (+14.6%)	$40,694 → $50,714 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $118,700 (+25.5%)	$63,900 → $79,200 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $771 (+26.0%)	$672 → $689 (+2.5%)

Caruthersville

Population

5,6165,426

Median household income

$31,322$35,903

Median home value

$94,600$118,700

Median gross rent

$612$771

Cooter

Population

348307

Median household income

$40,694$50,714

Median home value

$63,900$79,200

Median gross rent

$672$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caruthersville	Cooter
Under 5	7.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	24.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	2.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	19.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	7.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.4%
75 and over	4.1%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caruthersville	Cooter
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	34.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caruthersville	Cooter
No high school diploma	19.1%	21.6%
High school graduate	48.8%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caruthersville	Cooter
Drove alone	74.6%	93.1%
Carpooled	18.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caruthersville	Cooter
1-unit, detached	69.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	30.5%

Poverty & households

	Caruthersville	Cooter
Poverty rate	26.1%	22.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1970	1973