Carytown vs Purcell

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

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

Purcell has the higher population (354 vs 319 in Carytown). Carytown has the higher median household income ($69,167 vs $38,750 in Purcell). Carytown has the higher median home value ($269,900 vs $84,600 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Carytown	Purcell
Population	319	354
Median age	48.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,167	$38,750
Median home value	$269,900	$84,600
Median gross rent	—	$938
Housing units	140	182
Homeownership rate	91.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carytown	Purcell
Population	232 → 319 (+37.5%)	423 → 354 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $69,167 (+41.9%)	$53,021 → $38,750 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$156,800 → $269,900 (+72.1%)	$75,200 → $84,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $765 (+8.7%)	$694 → $938 (+35.2%)

Carytown

Population

232319

Median household income

$48,750$69,167

Median home value

$156,800$269,900

Median gross rent

$704$765

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)

	Carytown	Purcell
Under 5	1.9%	0.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	6.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	20.6%
55 to 64	21.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.9%
75 and over	6.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carytown	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	5.9%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carytown	Purcell
No high school diploma	6.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carytown	Purcell
Drove alone	91.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	0.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carytown	Purcell
1-unit, detached	92.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Carytown	Purcell
Poverty rate	14.1%	24.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	20	38
Median year structure built	2000	1947