Blackburn vs Sweet Springs

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

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

Sweet Springs has the higher population (1,299 vs 175 in Blackburn). Blackburn has the higher median household income ($56,250 vs $46,111 in Sweet Springs). Blackburn has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $92,000 in Sweet Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
Population	175	1,299
Median age	32.1 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$46,111
Median home value	$103,800	$92,000
Median gross rent	$688	$717
Housing units	105	589
Homeownership rate	71.4%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
Population	210 → 175 (-16.7%)	1,399 → 1,299 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$36,389 → $56,250 (+54.6%)	$41,458 → $46,111 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $103,800 (+52.4%)	$72,900 → $92,000 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$471 → $688 (+46.1%)	$644 → $717 (+11.3%)

Blackburn

Population

210175

Median household income

$36,389$56,250

Median home value

$68,100$103,800

Median gross rent

$471$688

Sweet Springs

Population

1,3991,299

Median household income

$41,458$46,111

Median home value

$72,900$92,000

Median gross rent

$644$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
Under 5	2.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	14.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.2%
45 to 54	4.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.7%
75 and over	7.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.0%
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%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
No high school diploma	9.6%	12.4%
High school graduate	37.5%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
Drove alone	69.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.7%	4.5%
Other means	3.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
1-unit, detached	80.0%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Blackburn	Sweet Springs
Poverty rate	17.7%	15.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1966	1966