Cooter vs Wardell

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

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

Wardell has the higher population (455 vs 307 in Cooter). Cooter has the higher median household income ($50,714 vs $48,500 in Wardell). Cooter has the higher median home value ($79,200 vs $51,300 in Wardell).

Population, income & housing

	Cooter	Wardell
Population	307	455
Median age	39.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,714	$48,500
Median home value	$79,200	$51,300
Median gross rent	$689	$850
Housing units	167	194
Homeownership rate	56.3%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooter	Wardell
Population	348 → 307 (-11.8%)	295 → 455 (+54.2%)
Median household income	$40,694 → $50,714 (+24.6%)	$41,985 → $48,500 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$63,900 → $79,200 (+23.9%)	$49,700 → $51,300 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $689 (+2.5%)	$488 → $850 (+74.2%)

Cooter

Population

348307

Median household income

$40,694$50,714

Median home value

$63,900$79,200

Median gross rent

$672$689

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)

	Cooter	Wardell
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	24.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.9%	18.9%
55 to 64	7.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.7%
75 and over	1.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooter	Wardell
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooter	Wardell
No high school diploma	21.6%	20.6%
High school graduate	51.4%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooter	Wardell
Drove alone	93.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooter	Wardell
1-unit, detached	69.5%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Cooter	Wardell
Poverty rate	22.0%	37.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1973	1953