Bernie vs Dexter

A side-by-side comparison of Bernie and Dexter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dexter has the higher population (7,906 vs 1,772 in Bernie). Dexter has the higher median household income ($47,647 vs $45,223 in Bernie). Dexter has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $90,800 in Bernie).

Population, income & housing

	Bernie	Dexter
Population	1,772	7,906
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,223	$47,647
Median home value	$90,800	$132,700
Median gross rent	$757	$717
Housing units	770	3,758
Homeownership rate	68.4%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernie	Dexter
Population	1,848 → 1,772 (-4.1%)	7,862 → 7,906 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$35,813 → $45,223 (+26.3%)	$35,551 → $47,647 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $90,800 (+33.5%)	$88,000 → $132,700 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)

Bernie

Population

1,8481,772

Median household income

$35,813$45,223

Median home value

$68,000$90,800

Median gross rent

$603$757

Dexter

Population

7,8627,906

Median household income

$35,551$47,647

Median home value

$88,000$132,700

Median gross rent

$619$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernie	Dexter
Under 5	6.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	10.1%
75 and over	8.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernie	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	92.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernie	Dexter
No high school diploma	25.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	41.4%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernie	Dexter
Drove alone	84.9%	88.6%
Carpooled	12.3%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernie	Dexter
1-unit, detached	87.9%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bernie	Dexter
Poverty rate	26.3%	23.8%
Average household size	2.44	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1974	1970