Boone County vs Jefferson County

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

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

Jefferson County has the higher population (228,227 vs 185,874 in Boone County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($80,522 vs $69,913 in Boone County). Boone County has the higher median home value ($254,100 vs $218,800 in Jefferson County).

Population, income & housing

	Boone County	Jefferson County
Population	185,874	228,227
Median age	32.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,913	$80,522
Median home value	$254,100	$218,800
Median gross rent	$1,060	$972
Housing units	80,912	93,276
Homeownership rate	58.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boone County	Jefferson County
Population	177,651 → 185,874 (+4.6%)	223,951 → 228,227 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$55,328 → $69,913 (+26.4%)	$65,454 → $80,522 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $254,100 (+36.8%)	$161,800 → $218,800 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$876 → $1,060 (+21.0%)	$855 → $972 (+13.7%)

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

Jefferson County

Population

223,951228,227

Median household income

$65,454$80,522

Median home value

$161,800$218,800

Median gross rent

$855$972

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boone County	Jefferson County
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	18.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.3%
75 and over	5.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boone County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	89.0%
Black or African American	9.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boone County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	20.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boone County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	75.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	4.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	10.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boone County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	60.4%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Boone County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	17.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1991	1986