Higbee vs Huntsville

A side-by-side comparison of Higbee and Huntsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Huntsville has the higher population (1,806 vs 483 in Higbee). Huntsville has the higher median household income ($52,266 vs $36,146 in Higbee). Huntsville has the higher median home value ($101,500 vs $54,000 in Higbee).

Population, income & housing

	Higbee	Huntsville
Population	483	1,806
Median age	33.5 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,146	$52,266
Median home value	$54,000	$101,500
Median gross rent	$669	$738
Housing units	208	765
Homeownership rate	72.3%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higbee	Huntsville
Population	456 → 483 (+5.9%)	1,664 → 1,806 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $36,146 (-6.7%)	$45,724 → $52,266 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $54,000 (+4.2%)	$73,600 → $101,500 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $669 (-11.5%)	$695 → $738 (+6.2%)

Higbee

Population

456483

Median household income

$38,750$36,146

Median home value

$51,800$54,000

Median gross rent

$756$669

Huntsville

Population

1,6641,806

Median household income

$45,724$52,266

Median home value

$73,600$101,500

Median gross rent

$695$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higbee	Huntsville
Under 5	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	6.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	31.1%	14.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higbee	Huntsville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higbee	Huntsville
No high school diploma	15.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	43.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higbee	Huntsville
Drove alone	95.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higbee	Huntsville
1-unit, detached	78.8%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Higbee	Huntsville
Poverty rate	6.6%	16.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1938	1966