Cabool vs Licking

A side-by-side comparison of Cabool and Licking: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Licking has the higher population (2,816 vs 2,460 in Cabool). Licking has the higher median household income ($32,813 vs $30,781 in Cabool). Licking has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $100,400 in Cabool).

Population, income & housing

	Cabool	Licking
Population	2,460	2,816
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,781	$32,813
Median home value	$100,400	$109,000
Median gross rent	$638	$614
Housing units	1,138	842
Homeownership rate	51.2%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabool	Licking
Population	2,426 → 2,460 (+1.4%)	2,705 → 2,816 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$25,399 → $30,781 (+21.2%)	$28,086 → $32,813 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $100,400 (+9.8%)	$88,900 → $109,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $638 (+22.2%)	$578 → $614 (+6.2%)

Cabool

Population

2,4262,460

Median household income

$25,399$30,781

Median home value

$91,400$100,400

Median gross rent

$522$638

Licking

Population

2,7052,816

Median household income

$28,086$32,813

Median home value

$88,900$109,000

Median gross rent

$578$614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabool	Licking
Under 5	9.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	7.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	19.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.1%
75 and over	9.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabool	Licking
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	16.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabool	Licking
No high school diploma	17.8%	18.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabool	Licking
Drove alone	77.8%	64.4%
Carpooled	15.6%	23.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabool	Licking
1-unit, detached	67.3%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	9.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Cabool	Licking
Poverty rate	34.4%	36.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1977	1974