Buchanan County vs Jasper County

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

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

Jasper County has the higher population (123,532 vs 83,855 in Buchanan County). Buchanan County has the higher median household income ($59,423 vs $57,525 in Jasper County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($158,500 vs $156,600 in Buchanan County).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
Population	83,855	123,532
Median age	38.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$57,525
Median home value	$156,600	$158,500
Median gross rent	$889	$904
Housing units	38,415	53,749
Homeownership rate	64.9%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
Population	88,460 → 83,855 (-5.2%)	119,920 → 123,532 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$51,916 → $59,423 (+14.5%)	$48,357 → $57,525 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $156,600 (+28.2%)	$118,400 → $158,500 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $889 (+14.1%)	$776 → $904 (+16.5%)

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

Jasper County

Population

119,920123,532

Median household income

$48,357$57,525

Median home value

$118,400$158,500

Median gross rent

$776$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.4%
75 and over	6.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	81.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	10.2%	11.2%
High school graduate	38.2%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
Drove alone	80.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	8.1%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	73.5%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	5.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	16.9%	18.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1964	1985