Bernie vs Essex

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

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

Bernie has the higher population (1,772 vs 373 in Essex). Essex has the higher median household income ($63,854 vs $45,223 in Bernie). Essex has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $90,800 in Bernie).

Population, income & housing

	Bernie	Essex
Population	1,772	373
Median age	48.4 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,223	$63,854
Median home value	$90,800	$115,600
Median gross rent	$757	$625
Housing units	770	259
Homeownership rate	68.4%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernie	Essex
Population	1,848 → 1,772 (-4.1%)	524 → 373 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$35,813 → $45,223 (+26.3%)	$45,000 → $63,854 (+41.9%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $90,800 (+33.5%)	$76,800 → $115,600 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)	$638 → $625 (-2.0%)

Bernie

Population

1,8481,772

Median household income

$35,813$45,223

Median home value

$68,000$90,800

Median gross rent

$603$757

Essex

Population

524373

Median household income

$45,000$63,854

Median home value

$76,800$115,600

Median gross rent

$638$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernie	Essex
Under 5	6.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	16.4%	22.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.5%	12.3%
75 and over	8.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernie	Essex
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	98.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernie	Essex
No high school diploma	25.2%	22.6%
High school graduate	41.4%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernie	Essex
Drove alone	84.9%	97.9%
Carpooled	12.3%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernie	Essex
1-unit, detached	87.9%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	25.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Bernie	Essex
Poverty rate	26.3%	17.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1974	1977