Bernie vs Puxico

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

Bernie and Puxico 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 918 in Puxico). Puxico has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $45,223 in Bernie). Bernie has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $86,400 in Puxico).

Population, income & housing

	Bernie	Puxico
Population	1,772	918
Median age	48.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,223	$57,625
Median home value	$90,800	$86,400
Median gross rent	$757	$652
Housing units	770	401
Homeownership rate	68.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernie	Puxico
Population	1,848 → 1,772 (-4.1%)	986 → 918 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$35,813 → $45,223 (+26.3%)	$41,667 → $57,625 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $90,800 (+33.5%)	$72,700 → $86,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)	$635 → $652 (+2.7%)

Bernie

Population

1,8481,772

Median household income

$35,813$45,223

Median home value

$68,000$90,800

Median gross rent

$603$757

Puxico

Population

986918

Median household income

$41,667$57,625

Median home value

$72,700$86,400

Median gross rent

$635$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernie	Puxico
Under 5	6.0%	9.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	16.4%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	16.5%	8.3%
75 and over	8.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernie	Puxico
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.1%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernie	Puxico
No high school diploma	25.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	41.4%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernie	Puxico
Drove alone	84.9%	91.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernie	Puxico
1-unit, detached	87.9%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bernie	Puxico
Poverty rate	26.3%	14.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1974	1972