Crane vs Reeds Spring

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

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

Crane has the higher population (1,545 vs 992 in Reeds Spring). Reeds Spring has the higher median household income ($54,565 vs $47,892 in Crane). Reeds Spring has the higher median home value ($175,700 vs $108,300 in Crane).

Population, income & housing

	Crane	Reeds Spring
Population	1,545	992
Median age	30.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,892	$54,565
Median home value	$108,300	$175,700
Median gross rent	$794	$825
Housing units	578	428
Homeownership rate	58.3%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crane	Reeds Spring
Population	1,413 → 1,545 (+9.3%)	1,266 → 992 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $47,892 (+36.8%)	$39,792 → $54,565 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $108,300 (+19.9%)	$125,000 → $175,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $794 (+26.2%)	$846 → $825 (-2.5%)

Crane

Population

1,4131,545

Median household income

$35,000$47,892

Median home value

$90,300$108,300

Median gross rent

$629$794

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)

	Crane	Reeds Spring
Under 5	12.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	16.1%
75 and over	6.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crane	Reeds Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crane	Reeds Spring
No high school diploma	10.9%	13.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crane	Reeds Spring
Drove alone	81.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crane	Reeds Spring
1-unit, detached	84.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Crane	Reeds Spring
Poverty rate	22.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1957	1998