Bollinger County vs Howard County

A side-by-side comparison of Bollinger County and Howard County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bollinger County has the higher population (10,591 vs 10,141 in Howard County). Howard County has the higher median household income ($62,628 vs $57,286 in Bollinger County). Howard County has the higher median home value ($145,300 vs $142,400 in Bollinger County).

Population, income & housing

	Bollinger County	Howard County
Population	10,591	10,141
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,286	$62,628
Median home value	$142,400	$145,300
Median gross rent	$677	$807
Housing units	5,047	4,381
Homeownership rate	80.1%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bollinger County	Howard County
Population	12,225 → 10,591 (-13.4%)	10,058 → 10,141 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$44,158 → $57,286 (+29.7%)	$52,700 → $62,628 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $142,400 (+28.5%)	$130,100 → $145,300 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $677 (+4.6%)	$601 → $807 (+34.3%)

Bollinger County

Population

12,22510,591

Median household income

$44,158$57,286

Median home value

$110,800$142,400

Median gross rent

$647$677

Howard County

Population

10,05810,141

Median household income

$52,700$62,628

Median home value

$130,100$145,300

Median gross rent

$601$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bollinger County	Howard County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.9%
75 and over	8.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bollinger County	Howard County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bollinger County	Howard County
No high school diploma	13.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	47.9%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bollinger County	Howard County
Drove alone	78.3%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bollinger County	Howard County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Bollinger County	Howard County
Poverty rate	12.2%	12.8%
Average household size	2.67	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1979	1972