Blue Eye vs McCord Bend

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

Blue Eye and McCord Bend 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 143 in McCord Bend). McCord Bend has the higher median household income ($33,750 vs $31,250 in Blue Eye). Blue Eye has the higher median home value ($128,100 vs $77,100 in McCord Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
Population	413	143
Median age	63.6 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$33,750
Median home value	$128,100	$77,100
Median gross rent	$849	—
Housing units	301	106
Homeownership rate	59.3%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
Population	284 → 413 (+45.4%)	371 → 143 (-61.5%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $31,250 (-24.7%)	$25,893 → $33,750 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $128,100 (+6.0%)	$35,400 → $77,100 (+117.8%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $849 (+17.6%)	$629 → $642 (+2.1%)

Blue Eye

Population

284413

Median household income

$41,500$31,250

Median home value

$120,800$128,100

Median gross rent

$722$849

McCord Bend

Population

371143

Median household income

$25,893$33,750

Median home value

$35,400$77,100

Median gross rent

$629$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
Under 5	3.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	4.8%	9.1%
18 to 24	1.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	0.7%	7.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	3.5%
45 to 54	2.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	29.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	27.1%	29.4%
75 and over	16.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	74.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	22.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
No high school diploma	17.0%	32.5%
High school graduate	34.6%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
Drove alone	70.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
1-unit, detached	28.2%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	43.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Blue Eye	McCord Bend
Poverty rate	10.4%	10.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	21	39
Median year structure built	2005	1985