Caruthersville vs Hayti

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

Caruthersville and Hayti 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 2,145 in Hayti). Caruthersville has the higher median household income ($35,903 vs $25,486 in Hayti). Caruthersville has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $73,500 in Hayti).

Population, income & housing

	Caruthersville	Hayti
Population	5,426	2,145
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,903	$25,486
Median home value	$118,700	$73,500
Median gross rent	$771	$623
Housing units	2,657	1,136
Homeownership rate	46.7%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caruthersville	Hayti
Population	5,616 → 5,426 (-3.4%)	2,652 → 2,145 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$31,322 → $35,903 (+14.6%)	$23,563 → $25,486 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $118,700 (+25.5%)	$66,100 → $73,500 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $771 (+26.0%)	$664 → $623 (-6.2%)

Caruthersville

Population

5,6165,426

Median household income

$31,322$35,903

Median home value

$94,600$118,700

Median gross rent

$612$771

Hayti

Population

2,6522,145

Median household income

$23,563$25,486

Median home value

$66,100$73,500

Median gross rent

$664$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti
Under 5	7.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	15.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.7%
75 and over	4.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	61.2%
Black or African American	34.5%	29.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caruthersville	Hayti
No high school diploma	19.1%	17.9%
High school graduate	48.8%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti
Drove alone	74.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	18.5%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti
1-unit, detached	69.4%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Caruthersville	Hayti
Poverty rate	26.1%	40.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1970	1968