Cleveland vs Drexel

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and Drexel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Drexel has the higher population (1,039 vs 954 in Cleveland). Cleveland has the higher median household income ($83,911 vs $51,910 in Drexel). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($270,800 vs $128,600 in Drexel).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Drexel
Population	954	1,039
Median age	40.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,911	$51,910
Median home value	$270,800	$128,600
Median gross rent	$1,132	$834
Housing units	367	449
Homeownership rate	67.0%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Drexel
Population	570 → 954 (+67.4%)	942 → 1,039 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$78,594 → $83,911 (+6.8%)	$47,188 → $51,910 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$209,900 → $270,800 (+29.0%)	$93,200 → $128,600 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,132 (+32.2%)	$663 → $834 (+25.8%)

Cleveland

Population

570954

Median household income

$78,594$83,911

Median home value

$209,900$270,800

Median gross rent

$856$1,132

Drexel

Population

9421,039

Median household income

$47,188$51,910

Median home value

$93,200$128,600

Median gross rent

$663$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Drexel
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	21.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	6.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.6%
75 and over	11.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Drexel
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Drexel
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	38.8%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Drexel
Drove alone	86.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Drexel
1-unit, detached	93.5%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Drexel
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1973	1966