Bollinger County vs Ralls County

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

Bollinger County and Ralls 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 10,394 in Ralls County). Ralls County has the higher median household income ($62,054 vs $57,286 in Bollinger County). Ralls County has the higher median home value ($153,400 vs $142,400 in Bollinger County).

Population, income & housing

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
Population	10,591	10,394
Median age	44.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,286	$62,054
Median home value	$142,400	$153,400
Median gross rent	$677	$765
Housing units	5,047	5,036
Homeownership rate	80.1%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
Population	12,225 → 10,591 (-13.4%)	10,234 → 10,394 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$44,158 → $57,286 (+29.7%)	$55,377 → $62,054 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $142,400 (+28.5%)	$136,200 → $153,400 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $677 (+4.6%)	$767 → $765 (-0.3%)

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

Ralls County

Population

10,23410,394

Median household income

$55,377$62,054

Median home value

$136,200$153,400

Median gross rent

$767$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
Under 5	5.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.6%
75 and over	8.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
No high school diploma	13.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	47.9%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
Drove alone	78.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
1-unit, detached	81.4%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Bollinger County	Ralls County
Poverty rate	12.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	35	23
Median year structure built	1979	1982