Black Jack vs Shrewsbury

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

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

Black Jack has the higher population (6,606 vs 6,328 in Shrewsbury). Shrewsbury has the higher median household income ($84,942 vs $65,920 in Black Jack). Shrewsbury has the higher median home value ($266,600 vs $187,600 in Black Jack).

Population, income & housing

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
Population	6,606	6,328
Median age	30.9 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,920	$84,942
Median home value	$187,600	$266,600
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,143
Housing units	2,810	3,332
Homeownership rate	65.7%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
Population	6,932 → 6,606 (-4.7%)	6,150 → 6,328 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$58,029 → $65,920 (+13.6%)	$59,313 → $84,942 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $187,600 (+46.9%)	$174,300 → $266,600 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,177 (+27.2%)	$915 → $1,143 (+24.9%)

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

Shrewsbury

Population

6,1506,328

Median household income

$59,313$84,942

Median home value

$174,300$266,600

Median gross rent

$915$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
Under 5	5.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.4%
75 and over	5.8%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	76.4%
Black or African American	84.2%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
No high school diploma	13.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
Drove alone	59.8%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.1%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	18.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
1-unit, detached	67.4%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	22.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Black Jack	Shrewsbury
Poverty rate	14.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.53	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1970	1968