Knob Lick vs Wortham

A side-by-side comparison of Knob Lick and Wortham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wortham has the higher population (163 vs 79 in Knob Lick). Since 2019, Knob Lick's population has grown faster (+229.2% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Knob Lick	Wortham
Population	79	163
Median age	45.1 yrs	54.8 yrs
Housing units	79	145
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knob Lick	Wortham
Population	24 → 79 (+229.2%)	246 → 163 (-33.7%)
Median household income	—	$29,509 → $28,087 (-4.8%)
Median home value	—	$61,200 → $63,800 (+4.2%)

Knob Lick

Population

2479

Wortham

Population

246163

Median household income

$29,509$28,087

Median home value

$61,200$63,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knob Lick	Wortham
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	48.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	5.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	25.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	19.6%
75 and over	0.0%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knob Lick	Wortham
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knob Lick	Wortham
No high school diploma	17.1%	19.9%
High school graduate	34.1%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knob Lick	Wortham
Drove alone	100.0%	15.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	85.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knob Lick	Wortham
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Knob Lick	Wortham
Poverty rate	0.0%	42.3%
Average household size	2.32	1.85
Median year structure built	1956	1976