Blue Eye vs Reeds Spring

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

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

Reeds Spring has the higher population (992 vs 413 in Blue Eye). Reeds Spring has the higher median household income ($54,565 vs $31,250 in Blue Eye). Reeds Spring has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $128,100 in Blue Eye).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
Population	413	992
Median age	63.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$54,565
Median home value	$128,100	$175,700
Median gross rent	$849	$825
Housing units	301	428
Homeownership rate	59.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
Population	284 → 413 (+45.4%)	1,266 → 992 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $31,250 (-24.7%)	$39,792 → $54,565 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $128,100 (+6.0%)	$125,000 → $175,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $849 (+17.6%)	$846 → $825 (-2.5%)

Blue Eye

Population

284413

Median household income

$41,500$31,250

Median home value

$120,800$128,100

Median gross rent

$722$849

Reeds Spring

Population

1,266992

Median household income

$39,792$54,565

Median home value

$125,000$175,700

Median gross rent

$846$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	4.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	1.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	0.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	2.4%	11.0%
55 to 64	29.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	27.1%	16.1%
75 and over	16.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	93.1%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
No high school diploma	17.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
Drove alone	70.9%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
1-unit, detached	28.2%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	43.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Eye	Reeds Spring
Poverty rate	10.4%	11.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	2005	1998