Bates County vs New Madrid County

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

Bates County and New Madrid 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 16,041 in New Madrid County). Bates County has the higher median household income ($57,914 vs $49,237 in New Madrid County). Bates County has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $105,500 in New Madrid County).

Population, income & housing

	Bates County	New Madrid County
Population	16,121	16,041
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,914	$49,237
Median home value	$154,800	$105,500
Median gross rent	$760	$734
Housing units	7,192	7,886
Homeownership rate	72.3%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bates County	New Madrid County
Population	16,296 → 16,121 (-1.1%)	17,560 → 16,041 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$47,625 → $57,914 (+21.6%)	$38,679 → $49,237 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $154,800 (+35.1%)	$74,500 → $105,500 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$654 → $760 (+16.2%)	$646 → $734 (+13.6%)

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

New Madrid County

Population

17,56016,041

Median household income

$38,679$49,237

Median home value

$74,500$105,500

Median gross rent

$646$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bates County	New Madrid County
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.8%
75 and over	8.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bates County	New Madrid County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	75.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bates County	New Madrid County
No high school diploma	11.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	46.2%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bates County	New Madrid County
Drove alone	79.5%	86.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.9%	3.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bates County	New Madrid County
1-unit, detached	77.2%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Bates County	New Madrid County
Poverty rate	18.7%	18.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1977	1975