Buchanan County vs Cass County

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

Buchanan 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.

Cass County has the higher population (109,393 vs 83,855 in Buchanan County). Cass County has the higher median household income ($87,413 vs $59,423 in Buchanan County). Cass County has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $156,600 in Buchanan County).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan County	Cass County
Population	83,855	109,393
Median age	38.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$87,413
Median home value	$156,600	$269,000
Median gross rent	$889	$1,147
Housing units	38,415	44,928
Homeownership rate	64.9%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan County	Cass County
Population	88,460 → 83,855 (-5.2%)	103,597 → 109,393 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$51,916 → $59,423 (+14.5%)	$69,433 → $87,413 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $156,600 (+28.2%)	$181,000 → $269,000 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $889 (+14.1%)	$975 → $1,147 (+17.6%)

Buchanan County

Population

88,46083,855

Median household income

$51,916$59,423

Median home value

$122,200$156,600

Median gross rent

$779$889

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)

	Buchanan County	Cass County
Under 5	6.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.0%
75 and over	6.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan County	Cass County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan County	Cass County
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan County	Cass County
Drove alone	80.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	12.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan County	Cass County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan County	Cass County
Poverty rate	16.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1964	1991