Blackburn vs Slater

A side-by-side comparison of Blackburn and Slater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Slater has the higher population (2,144 vs 175 in Blackburn). Blackburn has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $40,313 in Slater). Blackburn has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $82,500 in Slater).

Population, income & housing

	Blackburn	Slater
Population	175	2,144
Median age	32.1 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$40,313
Median home value	$103,800	$82,500
Median gross rent	$688	$496
Housing units	105	1,039
Homeownership rate	71.4%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackburn	Slater
Population	210 → 175 (-16.7%)	2,057 → 2,144 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $56,250 (+54.6%)	$32,115 → $40,313 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $103,800 (+52.4%)	$64,300 → $82,500 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $688 (+46.1%)	$578 → $496 (-14.2%)

Blackburn

Population

210175

Median household income

$36,389$56,250

Median home value

$68,100$103,800

Median gross rent

$471$688

Slater

Population

2,0572,144

Median household income

$32,115$40,313

Median home value

$64,300$82,500

Median gross rent

$578$496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackburn	Slater
Under 5	2.3%	10.6%
5 to 17	23.4%	5.5%
18 to 24	14.9%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	4.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.0%
75 and over	7.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackburn	Slater
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackburn	Slater
No high school diploma	9.6%	16.6%
High school graduate	37.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackburn	Slater
Drove alone	69.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	16.7%	2.6%
Other means	3.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackburn	Slater
1-unit, detached	80.0%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackburn	Slater
Poverty rate	17.7%	22.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	36	16
Median year structure built	1966	1965