Longtown vs Shakertowne

A side-by-side comparison of Longtown and Shakertowne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shakertowne has the higher population (416 vs 99 in Longtown). Longtown has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $51,756 in Shakertowne). Shakertowne has the higher median home value ($171,000 vs $125,000 in Longtown).

Population, income & housing

	Longtown	Shakertowne
Population	99	416
Median age	44.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$51,756
Median home value	$125,000	$171,000
Median gross rent	—	$677
Housing units	43	228
Homeownership rate	87.2%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longtown	Shakertowne
Population	129 → 99 (-23.3%)	545 → 416 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $78,125 (+45.3%)	$55,438 → $51,756 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $125,000 (+5.2%)	$140,800 → $171,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$595 → $677 (+13.8%)

Longtown

Population

12999

Median household income

$53,750$78,125

Median home value

$118,800$125,000

Shakertowne

Population

545416

Median household income

$55,438$51,756

Median home value

$140,800$171,000

Median gross rent

$595$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longtown	Shakertowne
Under 5	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	23.2%	2.6%
25 to 34	4.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	28.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	6.0%
65 to 74	16.2%	15.4%
75 and over	9.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longtown	Shakertowne
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longtown	Shakertowne
No high school diploma	14.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	30.2%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longtown	Shakertowne
Drove alone	89.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longtown	Shakertowne
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Longtown	Shakertowne
Poverty rate	7.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1938	1981