Vandalia vs Vandiver

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

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

Vandalia has the higher population (3,260 vs 114 in Vandiver). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($58,649 vs $54,167 in Vandiver). Vandiver has the higher median home value ($99,200 vs $75,600 in Vandalia).

Population, income & housing

	Vandalia	Vandiver
Population	3,260	114
Median age	40.5 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,649	$54,167
Median home value	$75,600	$99,200
Median gross rent	$762	$850
Housing units	1,184	40
Homeownership rate	67.9%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vandalia	Vandiver
Population	4,149 → 3,260 (-21.4%)	85 → 114 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$39,135 → $58,649 (+49.9%)	$53,750 → $54,167 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $75,600 (+13.9%)	$88,800 → $99,200 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $762 (+24.3%)	$667 → $850 (+27.4%)

Vandalia

Population

4,1493,260

Median household income

$39,135$58,649

Median home value

$66,400$75,600

Median gross rent

$613$762

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)

	Vandalia	Vandiver
Under 5	4.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	1.8%
35 to 44	21.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.3%
75 and over	4.5%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vandalia	Vandiver
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	10.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vandalia	Vandiver
No high school diploma	15.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vandalia	Vandiver
Drove alone	85.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	12.9%	26.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vandalia	Vandiver
1-unit, detached	83.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Vandalia	Vandiver
Poverty rate	15.8%	0.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1960	1962