Archie vs Peculiar

A side-by-side comparison of Archie and Peculiar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Peculiar has the higher population (5,815 vs 1,340 in Archie). Peculiar has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $68,125 in Archie). Peculiar has the higher median home value ($252,400 vs $166,500 in Archie).

Population, income & housing

	Archie	Peculiar
Population	1,340	5,815
Median age	32.8 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,125	$96,250
Median home value	$166,500	$252,400
Median gross rent	$1,033	$1,152
Housing units	530	2,139
Homeownership rate	74.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archie	Peculiar
Population	1,199 → 1,340 (+11.8%)	5,139 → 5,815 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$54,615 → $68,125 (+24.7%)	$62,708 → $96,250 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$126,200 → $166,500 (+31.9%)	$147,000 → $252,400 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $1,033 (+23.6%)	$890 → $1,152 (+29.4%)

Archie

Population

1,1991,340

Median household income

$54,615$68,125

Median home value

$126,200$166,500

Median gross rent

$836$1,033

Peculiar

Population

5,1395,815

Median household income

$62,708$96,250

Median home value

$147,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archie	Peculiar
Under 5	7.4%	10.5%
5 to 17	26.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	5.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	7.2%
75 and over	5.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archie	Peculiar
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archie	Peculiar
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	40.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archie	Peculiar
Drove alone	89.0%	69.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	21.9%
Other means	1.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archie	Peculiar
1-unit, detached	84.9%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Archie	Peculiar
Poverty rate	7.8%	4.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1978	1995