Airport Drive vs Purcell

A side-by-side comparison of Airport Drive and Purcell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Airport Drive has the higher population (785 vs 354 in Purcell). Airport Drive has the higher median household income ($64,375 vs $38,750 in Purcell). Airport Drive has the higher median home value ($210,000 vs $84,600 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Airport Drive	Purcell
Population	785	354
Median age	42.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,375	$38,750
Median home value	$210,000	$84,600
Median gross rent	$881	$938
Housing units	383	182
Homeownership rate	74.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airport Drive	Purcell
Population	744 → 785 (+5.5%)	423 → 354 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $64,375 (+16.5%)	$53,021 → $38,750 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $210,000 (+28.6%)	$75,200 → $84,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $881 (+11.8%)	$694 → $938 (+35.2%)

Airport Drive

Population

744785

Median household income

$55,250$64,375

Median home value

$163,300$210,000

Median gross rent

$788$881

Purcell

Population

423354

Median household income

$53,021$38,750

Median home value

$75,200$84,600

Median gross rent

$694$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airport Drive	Purcell
Under 5	3.8%	0.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	24.9%
18 to 24	14.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	20.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.9%
75 and over	7.3%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airport Drive	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.9%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airport Drive	Purcell
No high school diploma	2.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	28.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airport Drive	Purcell
Drove alone	83.4%	90.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airport Drive	Purcell
1-unit, detached	77.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Airport Drive	Purcell
Poverty rate	12.4%	24.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	16	38
Median year structure built	1985	1947