Cooter vs Hayward

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

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

Cooter has the higher population (307 vs 91 in Hayward). Hayward has the higher median household income ($81,528 vs $50,714 in Cooter). Cooter has the higher median home value ($79,200 vs $31,900 in Hayward).

Population, income & housing

	Cooter	Hayward
Population	307	91
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,714	$81,528
Median home value	$79,200	$31,900
Median gross rent	$689	—
Housing units	167	41
Homeownership rate	56.3%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	21.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooter	Hayward
Population	348 → 307 (-11.8%)	96 → 91 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$40,694 → $50,714 (+24.6%)	$60,089 → $81,528 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $79,200 (+23.9%)	$49,500 → $31,900 (-35.6%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $689 (+2.5%)	—

Cooter

Population

348307

Median household income

$40,694$50,714

Median home value

$63,900$79,200

Median gross rent

$672$689

Hayward

Population

9691

Median household income

$60,089$81,528

Median home value

$49,500$31,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooter	Hayward
Under 5	4.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	24.4%	26.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	18.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.9%
75 and over	1.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooter	Hayward
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	100.0%
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	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooter	Hayward
No high school diploma	21.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	51.4%	76.6%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooter	Hayward
Drove alone	93.1%	68.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	31.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooter	Hayward
1-unit, detached	69.5%	48.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	30.5%	51.2%

Poverty & households

	Cooter	Hayward
Poverty rate	22.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1973	1990