Asbury vs Purcell

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

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

Asbury has the higher population (531 vs 354 in Purcell). Purcell has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $79,400 in Asbury). Since 2019, Asbury's population has grown faster (+90.3% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Asbury	Purcell
Population	531	354
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,750
Median home value	$79,400	$84,600
Median gross rent	$1,115	$938
Housing units	155	182
Homeownership rate	47.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Asbury	Purcell
Population	279 → 531 (+90.3%)	423 → 354 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$43,214 → $65,893 (+52.5%)	$53,021 → $38,750 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$71,300 → $79,400 (+11.4%)	$75,200 → $84,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,115 (+20.5%)	$694 → $938 (+35.2%)

Asbury

Population

279531

Median household income

$43,214$65,893

Median home value

$71,300$79,400

Median gross rent

$925$1,115

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)

	Asbury	Purcell
Under 5	1.3%	0.6%
5 to 17	24.9%	24.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	20.6%
55 to 64	24.7%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.9%
75 and over	3.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Asbury	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Asbury	Purcell
No high school diploma	10.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	39.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Asbury	Purcell
Drove alone	79.4%	90.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Asbury	Purcell
1-unit, detached	78.7%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Asbury	Purcell
Poverty rate	4.7%	24.3%
Average household size	3.64	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	42	38
Median year structure built	2000	1947