Higbee vs Jacksonville

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

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

Higbee has the higher population (483 vs 106 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $36,146 in Higbee). Since 2019, Higbee's population has grown faster (+5.9% vs -16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Higbee	Jacksonville
Population	483	106
Median age	33.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,146	$45,000
Median home value	$54,000	—
Median gross rent	$669	—
Housing units	208	78
Homeownership rate	72.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	7.1%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higbee	Jacksonville
Population	456 → 483 (+5.9%)	127 → 106 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $36,146 (-6.7%)	$39,000 → $45,000 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $54,000 (+4.2%)	$52,100 → $45,000 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $669 (-11.5%)	—

Higbee

Population

456483

Median household income

$38,750$36,146

Median home value

$51,800$54,000

Median gross rent

$756$669

Jacksonville

Population

127106

Median household income

$39,000$45,000

Median home value

$52,100$45,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higbee	Jacksonville
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	31.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	12.2%	18.9%
75 and over	4.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higbee	Jacksonville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higbee	Jacksonville
No high school diploma	15.3%	22.4%
High school graduate	43.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higbee	Jacksonville
Drove alone	95.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higbee	Jacksonville
1-unit, detached	78.8%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Higbee	Jacksonville
Poverty rate	6.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.79	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938