Black Jack vs Sappington

A side-by-side comparison of Black Jack and Sappington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sappington has the higher population (6,882 vs 6,606 in Black Jack). Sappington has the higher median household income ($72,213 vs $65,920 in Black Jack). Sappington has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $187,600 in Black Jack).

Population, income & housing

	Black Jack	Sappington
Population	6,606	6,882
Median age	30.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,920	$72,213
Median home value	$187,600	$284,700
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,188
Housing units	2,810	3,314
Homeownership rate	65.7%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Jack	Sappington
Population	6,932 → 6,606 (-4.7%)	7,484 → 6,882 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$58,029 → $65,920 (+13.6%)	$60,743 → $72,213 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $187,600 (+46.9%)	$211,800 → $284,700 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,177 (+27.2%)	$863 → $1,188 (+37.7%)

Black Jack

Population

6,9326,606

Median household income

$58,029$65,920

Median home value

$127,700$187,600

Median gross rent

$925$1,177

Sappington

Population

7,4846,882

Median household income

$60,743$72,213

Median home value

$211,800$284,700

Median gross rent

$863$1,188

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Jack	Sappington
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.7%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.0%
75 and over	5.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Jack	Sappington
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	84.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Jack	Sappington
No high school diploma	13.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	22.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Jack	Sappington
Drove alone	59.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.5%
Public transit	3.6%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	25.5%	15.7%
Other means	2.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Jack	Sappington
1-unit, detached	67.4%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	20.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Black Jack	Sappington
Poverty rate	14.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1970	1967