Barton County vs Douglas County

A side-by-side comparison of Barton County and Douglas County: population, income, housing, and more.

Barton County and Douglas County are counties in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Douglas County has the higher population (11,850 vs 11,685 in Barton County). Douglas County has the higher median household income ($49,828 vs $49,503 in Barton County). Douglas County has the higher median home value ($164,400 vs $136,000 in Barton County).

Population, income & housing

	Barton County	Douglas County
Population	11,685	11,850
Median age	40.6 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,503	$49,828
Median home value	$136,000	$164,400
Median gross rent	$777	$687
Housing units	5,295	5,397
Homeownership rate	69.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton County	Douglas County
Population	11,797 → 11,685 (-0.9%)	13,306 → 11,850 (-10.9%)
Median household income	$44,125 → $49,503 (+12.2%)	$37,425 → $49,828 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $136,000 (+39.5%)	$123,100 → $164,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $777 (+39.5%)	$560 → $687 (+22.7%)

Barton County

Population

11,79711,685

Median household income

$44,125$49,503

Median home value

$97,500$136,000

Median gross rent

$557$777

Douglas County

Population

13,30611,850

Median household income

$37,425$49,828

Median home value

$123,100$164,400

Median gross rent

$560$687

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton County	Douglas County
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.8%
75 and over	9.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton County	Douglas County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton County	Douglas County
No high school diploma	13.9%	16.4%
High school graduate	40.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton County	Douglas County
Drove alone	83.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton County	Douglas County
1-unit, detached	82.3%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Barton County	Douglas County
Poverty rate	22.2%	16.9%
Average household size	2.61	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1973	1985