Caruthersville vs Hayti Heights

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

Caruthersville and Hayti Heights 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 382 in Hayti Heights). Caruthersville has the higher median household income ($35,903 vs $21,250 in Hayti Heights). Caruthersville has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $33,800 in Hayti Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
Population	5,426	382
Median age	36.2 yrs	16.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,903	$21,250
Median home value	$118,700	$33,800
Median gross rent	$771	$656
Housing units	2,657	204
Homeownership rate	46.7%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
Population	5,616 → 5,426 (-3.4%)	537 → 382 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$31,322 → $35,903 (+14.6%)	$20,536 → $21,250 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $118,700 (+25.5%)	$29,200 → $33,800 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $771 (+26.0%)	$469 → $656 (+39.9%)

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 Heights

Population

537382

Median household income

$20,536$21,250

Median home value

$29,200$33,800

Median gross rent

$469$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
Under 5	7.9%	12.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	42.7%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.6%	5.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	4.2%
75 and over	4.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	8.4%
Black or African American	34.5%	78.0%
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%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
No high school diploma	19.1%	20.5%
High school graduate	48.8%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
Drove alone	74.6%	61.6%
Carpooled	18.5%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
1-unit, detached	69.4%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Caruthersville	Hayti Heights
Poverty rate	26.1%	45.5%
Average household size	2.40	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1970	1977