Boone County vs Cass County

A side-by-side comparison of Boone County and Cass County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boone County has the higher population (185,874 vs 109,393 in Cass County). Cass County has the higher median household income ($87,413 vs $69,913 in Boone County). Cass County has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $254,100 in Boone County).

Population, income & housing

	Boone County	Cass County
Population	185,874	109,393
Median age	32.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,913	$87,413
Median home value	$254,100	$269,000
Median gross rent	$1,060	$1,147
Housing units	80,912	44,928
Homeownership rate	58.1%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone County	Cass County
Population	177,651 → 185,874 (+4.6%)	103,597 → 109,393 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$55,328 → $69,913 (+26.4%)	$69,433 → $87,413 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $254,100 (+36.8%)	$181,000 → $269,000 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,060 (+21.0%)	$975 → $1,147 (+17.6%)

Boone County

Population

177,651185,874

Median household income

$55,328$69,913

Median home value

$185,700$254,100

Median gross rent

$876$1,060

Cass County

Population

103,597109,393

Median household income

$69,433$87,413

Median home value

$181,000$269,000

Median gross rent

$975$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone County	Cass County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	18.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.0%
75 and over	5.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone County	Cass County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	84.4%
Black or African American	9.3%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone County	Cass County
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	20.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone County	Cass County
Drove alone	75.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	12.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone County	Cass County
1-unit, detached	60.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	7.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Boone County	Cass County
Poverty rate	17.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1991	1991