COMPARING TWO PLACES
Cooter vs Blytheville
PLACE A
Cooter, Missouri
VS
PLACE B
Blytheville, Arkansas
Cooter is 97% smaller than Blytheville. their median incomes are within a few thousand dollars. Blytheville has grown faster since 2000 (-14% vs -27%).
COOTERBLYTHEVILLEDIFFERENCE
Total population31912,227−97% vs Blytheville
Population density1,081590+492
Population growth-26.9%-14.2%−12.7 pts
Median age42.642.3+0.3
Male50.5%44.7%+5.9 pts
Female49.5%55.3%−5.9 pts
Foreign-born1.8%3.6%−1.8 pts
White, non-Hispanic92.6%33.2%+59.4 pts
Black0.0%58.4%−58.4 pts
Hispanic / Latino1.8%3.8%−2.1 pts
Asian0.0%1.3%−1.3 pts
Other5.6%3.3%+2.4 pts
Median household income$46,250$47,865−$1,615
Per capita income$64,735$28,970+$35,765
Poverty rate18.6%24.2%−5.6 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.6890.518+0.2
Bachelor's degree or higher6.9%16.7%−9.8 pts
Graduate degree4.5%8.8%−4.4 pts
Unemployment rate4.7%9.2%−4.5 pts
Labor force participation58.0%62.1%−4.1 pts
Median home value$73,900$119,000−$45,100
Median gross rent$663$855−$192
Owner-occupied65.0%50.3%+14.7 pts
Housing vacancy rate12.5%20.6%−8.1 pts
Rent-burdened households6.1%51.1%−45.0 pts
Average commute20.615.5+5.2
Worked from home0.8%2.4%−1.6 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.0%Even
Uninsured14.4%5.0%+9.4 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025