Mexico vs Vandalia

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

Mexico and Vandalia 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 3,260 in Vandalia). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($58,649 vs $48,873 in Mexico). Mexico has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $75,600 in Vandalia).

Population, income & housing

	Mexico	Vandalia
Population	11,487	3,260
Median age	36.6 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,873	$58,649
Median home value	$117,600	$75,600
Median gross rent	$706	$762
Housing units	5,036	1,184
Homeownership rate	63.5%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexico	Vandalia
Population	11,543 → 11,487 (-0.5%)	4,149 → 3,260 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$40,538 → $48,873 (+20.6%)	$39,135 → $58,649 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $117,600 (+27.1%)	$66,400 → $75,600 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $706 (+1.7%)	$613 → $762 (+24.3%)

Mexico

Population

11,54311,487

Median household income

$40,538$48,873

Median home value

$92,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$694$706

Vandalia

Population

4,1493,260

Median household income

$39,135$58,649

Median home value

$66,400$75,600

Median gross rent

$613$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mexico	Vandalia
Under 5	7.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	21.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.1%
75 and over	7.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexico	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	81.0%
Black or African American	6.5%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexico	Vandalia
No high school diploma	10.6%	15.3%
High school graduate	38.5%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexico	Vandalia
Drove alone	83.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	12.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexico	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	78.5%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Mexico	Vandalia
Poverty rate	17.1%	15.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1964	1960