Mexico vs Vandiver

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

Mexico and Vandiver 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 114 in Vandiver). Vandiver has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $48,873 in Mexico). Mexico has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $99,200 in Vandiver).

Population, income & housing

	Mexico	Vandiver
Population	11,487	114
Median age	36.6 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,873	$54,167
Median home value	$117,600	$99,200
Median gross rent	$706	$850
Housing units	5,036	40
Homeownership rate	63.5%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexico	Vandiver
Population	11,543 → 11,487 (-0.5%)	85 → 114 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$40,538 → $48,873 (+20.6%)	$53,750 → $54,167 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $117,600 (+27.1%)	$88,800 → $99,200 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $706 (+1.7%)	$667 → $850 (+27.4%)

Mexico

Population

11,54311,487

Median household income

$40,538$48,873

Median home value

$92,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$694$706

Vandiver

Population

85114

Median household income

$53,750$54,167

Median home value

$88,800$99,200

Median gross rent

$667$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mexico	Vandiver
Under 5	7.2%	0.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	1.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.3%
75 and over	7.7%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexico	Vandiver
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	97.4%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexico	Vandiver
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexico	Vandiver
Drove alone	83.1%	68.9%
Carpooled	13.5%	26.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	4.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexico	Vandiver
1-unit, detached	78.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mexico	Vandiver
Poverty rate	17.1%	0.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1964	1962