Laredo vs Trenton

A side-by-side comparison of Laredo and Trenton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trenton has the higher population (5,542 vs 97 in Laredo). Trenton has the higher median household income ($49,836 vs $36,250 in Laredo). Trenton has the higher median home value ($93,000 vs $53,300 in Laredo).

Population, income & housing

	Laredo	Trenton
Population	97	5,542
Median age	52.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$49,836
Median home value	$53,300	$93,000
Median gross rent	$495	$704
Housing units	100	2,755
Homeownership rate	81.4%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laredo	Trenton
Population	171 → 97 (-43.3%)	5,770 → 5,542 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$36,591 → $36,250 (-0.9%)	$40,881 → $49,836 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$18,400 → $53,300 (+189.7%)	$91,200 → $93,000 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $495 (+15.1%)	$537 → $704 (+31.1%)

Laredo

Population

17197

Median household income

$36,591$36,250

Median home value

$18,400$53,300

Median gross rent

$430$495

Trenton

Population

5,7705,542

Median household income

$40,881$49,836

Median home value

$91,200$93,000

Median gross rent

$537$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laredo	Trenton
Under 5	1.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	4.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	16.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	5.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	18.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.1%
75 and over	23.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laredo	Trenton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laredo	Trenton
No high school diploma	15.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	53.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laredo	Trenton
Drove alone	93.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laredo	Trenton
1-unit, detached	82.0%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Laredo	Trenton
Poverty rate	30.9%	16.6%
Average household size	1.64	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1944	1961