Caruthersville vs Wardell

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

Caruthersville and Wardell 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 455 in Wardell). Wardell has the higher median household income ($48,500 vs $35,903 in Caruthersville). Caruthersville has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $51,300 in Wardell).

Population, income & housing

	Caruthersville	Wardell
Population	5,426	455
Median age	36.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,903	$48,500
Median home value	$118,700	$51,300
Median gross rent	$771	$850
Housing units	2,657	194
Homeownership rate	46.7%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caruthersville	Wardell
Population	5,616 → 5,426 (-3.4%)	295 → 455 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$31,322 → $35,903 (+14.6%)	$41,985 → $48,500 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $118,700 (+25.5%)	$49,700 → $51,300 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $771 (+26.0%)	$488 → $850 (+74.2%)

Caruthersville

Population

5,6165,426

Median household income

$31,322$35,903

Median home value

$94,600$118,700

Median gross rent

$612$771

Wardell

Population

295455

Median household income

$41,985$48,500

Median home value

$49,700$51,300

Median gross rent

$488$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caruthersville	Wardell
Under 5	7.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	18.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.7%
75 and over	4.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caruthersville	Wardell
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	91.6%
Black or African American	34.5%	0.7%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caruthersville	Wardell
No high school diploma	19.1%	20.6%
High school graduate	48.8%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caruthersville	Wardell
Drove alone	74.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	18.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caruthersville	Wardell
1-unit, detached	69.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Caruthersville	Wardell
Poverty rate	26.1%	37.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1970	1953