Blue Eye vs Hurley

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Eye and Hurley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Eye has the higher population (413 vs 104 in Hurley). Hurley has the higher median household income ($47,188 vs $31,250 in Blue Eye). Blue Eye has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $86,100 in Hurley).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Eye	Hurley
Population	413	104
Median age	63.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$47,188
Median home value	$128,100	$86,100
Median gross rent	$849	$1,075
Housing units	301	49
Homeownership rate	59.3%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Eye	Hurley
Population	284 → 413 (+45.4%)	228 → 104 (-54.4%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $31,250 (-24.7%)	$39,107 → $47,188 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $128,100 (+6.0%)	$88,300 → $86,100 (-2.5%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $849 (+17.6%)	$720 → $1,075 (+49.3%)

Blue Eye

Population

284413

Median household income

$41,500$31,250

Median home value

$120,800$128,100

Median gross rent

$722$849

Hurley

Population

228104

Median household income

$39,107$47,188

Median home value

$88,300$86,100

Median gross rent

$720$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Eye	Hurley
Under 5	3.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	4.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	0.7%	26.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	2.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	29.3%	4.8%
65 to 74	27.1%	9.6%
75 and over	16.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Eye	Hurley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Eye	Hurley
No high school diploma	17.0%	20.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Eye	Hurley
Drove alone	70.9%	69.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	15.4%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Eye	Hurley
1-unit, detached	28.2%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	6.1%
20 or more units	43.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Eye	Hurley
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	43
Median year structure built	2005	1956