Fidelity vs Purcell

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

Fidelity 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 348 in Fidelity). Fidelity has the higher median household income ($51,458 vs $38,750 in Purcell). Fidelity has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $84,600 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Fidelity	Purcell
Population	348	354
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,458	$38,750
Median home value	$120,800	$84,600
Median gross rent	$744	$938
Housing units	146	182
Homeownership rate	52.4%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fidelity	Purcell
Population	269 → 348 (+29.4%)	423 → 354 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$32,386 → $51,458 (+58.9%)	$53,021 → $38,750 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $120,800 (-20.3%)	$75,200 → $84,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $744 (-6.1%)	$694 → $938 (+35.2%)

Fidelity

Population

269348

Median household income

$32,386$51,458

Median home value

$151,600$120,800

Median gross rent

$792$744

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)

	Fidelity	Purcell
Under 5	6.3%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	24.9%
18 to 24	2.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	18.4%	20.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	17.8%	9.9%
75 and over	11.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fidelity	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	8.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fidelity	Purcell
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	58.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fidelity	Purcell
Drove alone	88.3%	90.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fidelity	Purcell
1-unit, detached	61.6%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Fidelity	Purcell
Poverty rate	15.8%	24.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1988	1947