Purdy vs Washburn

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

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

Purdy has the higher population (1,308 vs 561 in Washburn). Washburn has the higher median household income ($65,125 vs $43,438 in Purdy). Washburn has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $84,200 in Purdy).

Population, income & housing

	Purdy	Washburn
Population	1,308	561
Median age	32.2 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,438	$65,125
Median home value	$84,200	$122,100
Median gross rent	—	$719
Housing units	538	246
Homeownership rate	70.1%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.8%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Purdy	Washburn
Population	1,276 → 1,308 (+2.5%)	456 → 561 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $43,438 (-5.7%)	$48,333 → $65,125 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $84,200 (+21.2%)	$86,300 → $122,100 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)	$666 → $719 (+8.0%)

Purdy

Population

1,2761,308

Median household income

$46,071$43,438

Median home value

$69,500$84,200

Median gross rent

$585$732

Washburn

Population

456561

Median household income

$48,333$65,125

Median home value

$86,300$122,100

Median gross rent

$666$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Purdy	Washburn
Under 5	7.8%	15.2%
5 to 17	24.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.5%
75 and over	7.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Purdy	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	60.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	15.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Purdy	Washburn
No high school diploma	25.9%	14.1%
High school graduate	50.1%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Purdy	Washburn
Drove alone	90.3%	89.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Purdy	Washburn
1-unit, detached	67.8%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Purdy	Washburn
Poverty rate	32.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1981	1991