Bonne Terre vs Leadwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bonne Terre and Leadwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonne Terre has the higher population (6,773 vs 1,524 in Leadwood). Leadwood has the higher median household income ($44,167 vs $39,767 in Bonne Terre). Bonne Terre has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $64,000 in Leadwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
Population	6,773	1,524
Median age	39.2 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,767	$44,167
Median home value	$120,400	$64,000
Median gross rent	$585	$802
Housing units	1,991	616
Homeownership rate	62.9%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
Population	7,165 → 6,773 (-5.5%)	1,443 → 1,524 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$47,833 → $39,767 (-16.9%)	$37,241 → $44,167 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $120,400 (+34.7%)	$51,000 → $64,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $585 (-18.3%)	$766 → $802 (+4.7%)

Bonne Terre

Population

7,1656,773

Median household income

$47,833$39,767

Median home value

$89,400$120,400

Median gross rent

$716$585

Leadwood

Population

1,4431,524

Median household income

$37,241$44,167

Median home value

$51,000$64,000

Median gross rent

$766$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
Under 5	4.7%	11.9%
5 to 17	7.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	21.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	4.9%
75 and over	6.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
No high school diploma	20.2%	19.9%
High school graduate	45.1%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
Drove alone	73.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	17.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.7%
Other means	2.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
1-unit, detached	71.2%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Bonne Terre	Leadwood
Poverty rate	28.0%	40.2%
Average household size	2.61	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	1963	1940