Martinsburg vs Mexico

A side-by-side comparison of Martinsburg and Mexico: population, income, housing, and more.

Martinsburg and Mexico are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mexico has the higher population (11,487 vs 582 in Martinsburg). Mexico has the higher median household income ($48,873 vs $31,735 in Martinsburg). Since 2019, Martinsburg's population has grown faster (+103.5% vs -0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Martinsburg	Mexico
Population	582	11,487
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$31,735	$48,873
Median home value	—	$117,600
Median gross rent	$432	$706
Housing units	238	5,036
Homeownership rate	85.5%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinsburg	Mexico
Population	286 → 582 (+103.5%)	11,543 → 11,487 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$40,556 → $31,735 (-21.8%)	$40,538 → $48,873 (+20.6%)
Median home value	—	$92,500 → $117,600 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$435 → $432 (-0.7%)	$694 → $706 (+1.7%)

Martinsburg

Population

286582

Median household income

$40,556$31,735

Median gross rent

$435$432

Mexico

Population

11,54311,487

Median household income

$40,538$48,873

Median home value

$92,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$694$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Martinsburg	Mexico
Under 5	1.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	28.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	3.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	19.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	19.2%	10.7%
75 and over	4.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinsburg	Mexico
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinsburg	Mexico
No high school diploma	3.1%	10.6%
High school graduate	42.0%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinsburg	Mexico
Drove alone	88.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinsburg	Mexico
1-unit, detached	43.3%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	45.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Martinsburg	Mexico
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1982	1964