Alba vs Purcell

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

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

Alba has the higher population (654 vs 354 in Purcell). Alba has the higher median household income ($50,662 vs $38,750 in Purcell). Alba has the higher median home value ($87,000 vs $84,600 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Alba	Purcell
Population	654	354
Median age	27.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,662	$38,750
Median home value	$87,000	$84,600
Median gross rent	$843	$938
Housing units	267	182
Homeownership rate	71.1%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alba	Purcell
Population	681 → 654 (-4.0%)	423 → 354 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$42,656 → $50,662 (+18.8%)	$53,021 → $38,750 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $87,000 (+15.5%)	$75,200 → $84,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $843 (+2.9%)	$694 → $938 (+35.2%)

Alba

Population

681654

Median household income

$42,656$50,662

Median home value

$75,300$87,000

Median gross rent

$819$843

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)

	Alba	Purcell
Under 5	12.8%	0.6%
5 to 17	29.4%	24.9%
18 to 24	2.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	7.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.9%
75 and over	5.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alba	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.9%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alba	Purcell
No high school diploma	20.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alba	Purcell
Drove alone	93.3%	90.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alba	Purcell
1-unit, detached	76.4%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Alba	Purcell
Poverty rate	30.6%	24.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1978	1947