Bates County vs Moniteau County

A side-by-side comparison of Bates County and Moniteau County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bates County has the higher population (16,121 vs 15,303 in Moniteau County). Moniteau County has the higher median household income ($65,161 vs $57,914 in Bates County). Moniteau County has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $154,800 in Bates County).

Population, income & housing

	Bates County	Moniteau County
Population	16,121	15,303
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,914	$65,161
Median home value	$154,800	$168,300
Median gross rent	$760	$766
Housing units	7,192	6,177
Homeownership rate	72.3%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bates County	Moniteau County
Population	16,296 → 16,121 (-1.1%)	16,046 → 15,303 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$47,625 → $57,914 (+21.6%)	$58,010 → $65,161 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $154,800 (+35.1%)	$124,500 → $168,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $760 (+16.2%)	$605 → $766 (+26.6%)

Bates County

Population

16,29616,121

Median household income

$47,625$57,914

Median home value

$114,600$154,800

Median gross rent

$654$760

Moniteau County

Population

16,04615,303

Median household income

$58,010$65,161

Median home value

$124,500$168,300

Median gross rent

$605$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bates County	Moniteau County
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.4%
75 and over	8.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bates County	Moniteau County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	88.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bates County	Moniteau County
No high school diploma	11.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	46.2%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bates County	Moniteau County
Drove alone	79.5%	76.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.9%	7.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bates County	Moniteau County
1-unit, detached	77.2%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Bates County	Moniteau County
Poverty rate	18.7%	10.4%
Average household size	2.64	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1977	1979