Cassville vs Purdy

A side-by-side comparison of Cassville and Purdy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cassville has the higher population (3,208 vs 1,308 in Purdy). Cassville has the higher median household income ($52,102 vs $43,438 in Purdy). Cassville has the higher median home value ($152,600 vs $84,200 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Cassville	Purdy
Population	3,208	1,308
Median age	36.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,102	$43,438
Median home value	$152,600	$84,200
Median gross rent	$640	—
Housing units	1,362	538
Homeownership rate	59.4%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	5.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassville	Purdy
Population	3,267 → 3,208 (-1.8%)	1,276 → 1,308 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$31,818 → $52,102 (+63.8%)	$46,071 → $43,438 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$101,400 → $152,600 (+50.5%)	$69,500 → $84,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $640 (-15.2%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

Cassville

Population

3,2673,208

Median household income

$31,818$52,102

Median home value

$101,400$152,600

Median gross rent

$755$640

Purdy

Population

1,2761,308

Median household income

$46,071$43,438

Median home value

$69,500$84,200

Median gross rent

$585$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassville	Purdy
Under 5	10.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	9.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	5.9%
75 and over	7.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassville	Purdy
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	71.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassville	Purdy
No high school diploma	16.6%	25.9%
High school graduate	39.9%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassville	Purdy
Drove alone	75.3%	90.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassville	Purdy
1-unit, detached	62.4%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Cassville	Purdy
Poverty rate	28.4%	32.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1971	1981