Higbee vs Moberly

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

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

Moberly has the higher population (13,634 vs 483 in Higbee). Moberly has the higher median household income ($43,231 vs $36,146 in Higbee). Moberly has the higher median home value ($140,000 vs $54,000 in Higbee).

Population, income & housing

	Higbee	Moberly
Population	483	13,634
Median age	33.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,146	$43,231
Median home value	$54,000	$140,000
Median gross rent	$669	$749
Housing units	208	5,799
Homeownership rate	72.3%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higbee	Moberly
Population	456 → 483 (+5.9%)	13,707 → 13,634 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $36,146 (-6.7%)	$37,021 → $43,231 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $54,000 (+4.2%)	$94,100 → $140,000 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $669 (-11.5%)	$609 → $749 (+23.0%)

Higbee

Population

456483

Median household income

$38,750$36,146

Median home value

$51,800$54,000

Median gross rent

$756$669

Moberly

Population

13,70713,634

Median household income

$37,021$43,231

Median home value

$94,100$140,000

Median gross rent

$609$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higbee	Moberly
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	6.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	31.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	5.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.4%
75 and over	4.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higbee	Moberly
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higbee	Moberly
No high school diploma	15.3%	11.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higbee	Moberly
Drove alone	95.8%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higbee	Moberly
1-unit, detached	78.8%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Higbee	Moberly
Poverty rate	6.6%	21.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1938	1968